By: Indonesianlanguage.net

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There are several good Indonesian language courses in the world. And each of them offers several different, interesting programs, such as writing class, conversation class, or mixed of both. But how do you choose the good one that suits you best? I’ve found one of the best Indonesian language courses in London and Paris recently, http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/indonesian_courses_london.php, which charges you reasonable cost for such excellent services that they provide. And they also have quite many professional Indonesian teachers to help you learn Indonesian language in a more flexible way than most traditional Indonesian courses do.

The interesting thing about this fact is that most Indonesian language courses overseas are not run by the Indonesians themselves. But rather they are run either by Europeans or Malays who know more about the importance of learning Indonesian language for some English speakers and are very knowledgeable about how to ‘market’ their Indonesian courses to those English speakers.

How to Choose the Best Indonesian Language Courses

Indonesian Language Courses

Just like any other Indonesian language courses in Indonesia, the first thing you must be sure of when choosing which Indonesian courses suit you best is to see if the teachers are experienced and highly professional. You can know these facts by asking if they are all certified teachers or not. Why do you have to check their certification? It is because nowadays there are so many unskilled Indonesians who claim themselves to be professional teachers, especially in financial crisis like it is.

Secondly, you can see their professionalism by checking their English fluency. There are many Indonesians who consider themselves to be Indonesian teachers yet they can even hardly understand or speak good English. You can know their English speaking ability by asking them questions in English and see how their responses are. Good Indonesian language courses are supposed to only hire English speaking Indonesian teachers.

Another way to check their professionalism is to see if they appreciate your time and money. Beware of any Indonesian language courses which don’t seem to appreciate your time by coming to your office late or forget about the learning-teaching schedule for whatsoever reasons.

Thirdly, be sure that the so-called-Indonesian teachers really know how to transfer their knowledge in good English. Why should you have an English speaking teacher if he can not answer your questions well?

Indonesian Language Courses – Private or Group

After you find a good Indonesian school, you might be wondering if you should enroll in private class or group class or even online class. It is highly suggested that you enroll in a private class rather than a group. It is because when you take a private class, your teacher could focus more on improving your Bahasa Indonesia speaking skills more effectively. In a group class, the teachers do not have more time to just focus on just one student, and therefore sometimes it is much cheaper to take a group class. But if you want to succeed in improving your overall Indonesian language skills within a short period of time, it is recommended to take private class instead of group.

Private classes in Indonesian language courses also tend to be more serious than just traditional Indonesian schools therefore your Indonesian language skills will improve more in private Indonesian courses.

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When you learn Indonesian language, it is very important that you have a good Indonesian English dictionary to help you in your Indonesian learning. However for those who already have one, sometimes it is confusing and even frustrating to look up those Indonesian words in the Indonesian English dictionary. You have no idea how to find the Indonesian words in the dictionary. And you start wondering if the Indonesian English dictionary you have is a good one. If it is, why can’t you find the Indonesian words you are looking for?

Indonesian English Dictionary

For example, you are trying to find the meaning of the word “membawa” in an Indonesian English dictionary. You start opening the pages of ‘m’, hoping to see the word ‘membawa’. But after a while you still can not find the word. What is going on here? What did you do wrong? Why can’t you find the word ‘membawa’ in the pages of the first letter of ‘m’? If you’ve been in this situation before, and still have no clue of how to use the Indonesian English dictionary to look up the Indonesian words, let me help you how to find the Indonesian words in the Indonesian English dictionary.

The Fact About Indonesian English dictionary

The first rule to use the Indonesian English dictionary when trying to find a certain Indonesian word is that you have to take the root word first instead of the full word. For instance, when you are trying to find the word ‘membawa’, try to find out what the root word of the word you’re looking for. In this case, the root word of ‘membawa’ is ‘bawa’. Therefore you have to open the pages of the first letter ‘b’, instead of ‘m’, to find the word ‘bawa’ and there you will find the full word of ‘membawa’.

The same rule applies to when you’re trying to find the meaning of other Indonesian words containing prefixes, such as ber-, meng-, men-, ter-, ke-, mem-, me-, peng-, pem-, and other prefixes. But the question is now: How to know the root word of each Indonesian word with prefixes? The only answer to this question is to learn some basic Indonesian grammar, and that way you can easily recognize the root words of all Indonesian words with prefixes. Therefore it is indeed essential to learn some basic Indonesian grammar so that you can use your Indonesian English dictionary effectively.

All the Indonesian words listed in the Indonesian English dictionary are listed according to their root words, instead of the full words, therefore you need to understand of how to break those full Indonesian words with prefixes to get the root words. And the only way to do this is by learning the Indonesian grammar.

Unfortunately most Indonesian English dictionaries don’t tell nor teach the users exactly of how to find those Indonesian words with prefixes in the dictionaries themselves. It is assumed that all users are familiar of how to use the Indonesian English dictionaries. And this has made many English speakers who are learning Indonesian feel frustrated and confused.

How to Use Indonesian English dictionary

Below you can find some useful tips on how to separate Indonesian words into prefixes and root words so that you can take only the root words.

For the words beginning with the prefix ‘mem-‘, just omit the prefix, and you’ll get the root word. For example, the root word of ‘membawa’ is ‘bawa’.

For the words beginning with the prefix ‘men-‘, just omit the prefix, and you’ll get the root word. For example, the root word of ‘mendapat’ is ‘dapat’. However there are also some words beginning with ‘men-‘ which you have to replace the prefix ‘men’ with ‘t’, and you’ll get the root word. For example, the root word of ‘menaruh’ is ‘taruh’.

For the words beginning with the prefix ‘meny-‘, just replace the prefix with an ‘s’, and you’ll get the root word. For example, the root word of ‘menyisir’ is ‘sisir’.

And there are still other similar rules regarding other prefixes which are easy to understand.

After you understand the above rules, you can easily use your Indonesian English dictionary more effectively.

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By: Indonesianlanguage.net

Where can I get a professional Indonesian translator service? What is the perfect Indonesian translation for this sentence? How can I translate these sentences into good Indonesian language? If you can hardly speak Indonesian and still have no time in joining a Bahasa Indonesia online course due to your being busy, you might have difficulty in understanding some Indonesian sentences. Of course, you can always get yourself a good, certified, experienced and professional Indonesian translator. But still even the most famous translator services make mistakes. A few years ago I happened to check some documents which had already been translated into English by a so-called-experienced translator in Jakarta. But to my surprise they still made a lot of mistakes here and there. The translator still even made minor mistakes he shouldn’t have made as a professional translator like him.

After several investigations, it turned out that the translation service company had several other junior employees who were really inexperienced and unprofessional. And the boss himself rarely did the work and he trusted all the jobs to his inexperienced employees! How could such a thing happen for such a long time and no one seems to even bother about it at all?

A professional Indonesian translator must do several tests before they can claim themselves to be a certified Indonesian translator. And only very few top candidates can get legal certificates certifying that they are truly certified and professional Indonesian translators and have the right to translate legal documents. And they are not supposed to delegate such important job to anyone else who barely knows anything about English, let alone translating legal documents!

So the question is: How do I find a REALLY professional Indonesian translator? Simply contact the Indonesian embassy who can later refer you to a professional Indonesian translator service.

How to be an Indonesian Translator

Interested in being an Indonesian translator? What are the criteria to be a good Indonesian translator?

First of all, you must (of course) understand the English language. You are not supposed to only understand basic English, but you have to really understand the language as a whole.

Secondly, you must also understand how to use the Indonesian language correctly. There are many Indonesian people whose English skill is as good as or even better than those people whose mother tongue is English yet their Indonesian language is worse than a fifth graderJ. Mastering the English language without having good Indonesian language skill will be useless if you want to be a professional language translator.

And finally, last but not least, if you are confident that your English skills are as good as your Indonesian, you have to get yourself certified by the Indonesian government. This is not an easy thing to do and the most important thing you must do before you can claim yourself to be a professional Indonesian translator. To get legal certification certifying that you are a professional English to Indonesian translator or vice versa requires hard work. This is the time when your English and Indonesian language capability is really put into a test. Be prepared for all the possibilities. During the 6-hour non-stop test, your English-to-Indonesian translating skill and vice versa will be tested. If you pass the test, you will be contacted in no more than 2 months. However if you do not pass the test, you may re-enter the test which is usually held once a year.

Now you know that it is not easy to be a certified and professional Indonesian translator. Everything requires hard work, and so is being an excellent translator. However if you succeed, a payment of 150,000 rupiahs per one page of an A4 paper document is waiting for you. That is the standard translation fee done by a certified and professional Indonesian translator. Can you imagine how much money you’d get if you could translate 100 pages per week? How much would you earn if you could get 500 pages a month? Tempting, isn’t it? Happy translating!

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Nowadays there are more and more people who want to learn Bahasa Indonesia Online by taking bahasa course. They prefer to learn Bahasa Indonesia online rather than to attend regular classes which makes them travel every day to school. Learning Indonesian language by attending regular class is effective if the learners live close to the school or live the same country. But what about others who live in a different country or for others who are so busy with their other regular activities which does not allow them to travel to another country just to learn Bahasa Indonesia? It wouldn’t be the case if their boss makes them travel to Indonesia only with a sole purpose, which is to learn Bahasa Indonesia, just like some Australian soldiers do. There are many Australian soldiers who have to travel and live temporarily in Indonesia with the purpose of mastering the language.

Bahasa Indonesia Online – Why However there are still many other Bahasa Indonesia Online people whose time is very limited and therefore this group would prefer to have Bahasa course online. They can spare only a little time of theirs to learn Bahasa Indonesia online. They can still wake up at 7 am and have their Indonesian course fifteen minutes later! Isn’t that amazing and practical? They don’t even have to have a shower first, if they are too lazy for thatJ, and the teacher won’t even notice about it and neither the other students for there are no other students, since most online Indonesian courses are done privately. It is also possible to have your online Indonesian course in between your meeting schedule, or even at your office’s quite meeting room during lunch when nobody is there to disturb you. All you need is only your private time, and the others will follow. In this digitalized era, everything should come handy and practical, and thanks to the internet which enables you to learn and master Bahasa Indonesia through Bahasa Indonesia online! After reading this post you might also be interested in reading my other post regarding Online Indonesian.

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