blogging in english, are you serious? December 1, 2007
Posted by fauza in Uncategorized.trackback
Two days after I launched my blog, I got a few comments from my friends. Both from the blog and from word of mouth. Funny thing is, most of the comments is not about what I posted, but the way I posted. Yap, they asked my decision to write in english. Here is a few of them that I quote:
Agung: btw, secara keseluruhan bagus juga blog lu, tp kayanya bukan bacaan buat orang-orang yang males baca tulisan basa inggris kaya gw.
Tyo: Akan tetapi, ada baiknya anda menulis dengan dua bahasa. Itu lebih baik. Saya pribadi boleh dikatakan sulit memahami tulisan berbahasa inggris. Mesti dibaca dgn hati-hati. Takut salah terjemah dan keliru tafsirannya.
Budi: selamat juga udah launch blog baru. Is it supposed to be in English?
Ridha: pake bahasa inggris, serius lu..?
Wew, what a comment..?
To be honest, in the beginning I am not certainly sure to write in english. I feel that I am not capable enough to do that. Until I realize, that I start from the wrong direction that make me hard to write in english.
Until 1 week ago, usually when I want to write in english, I start with bahasa indonesia first, then when it is finished, I translate it to english. That is twice a work and it is not really comfortable to do. The reason behind it is a feeling in me that writing directly in english is hard to do (like I said above). What a mistake, until without any serious purpose I tried to make essay “preserving our environment” (you can read it in my blog too) directly in english. And you know what, the idea and the word is emerged instantly without any difficulties that I have assumed so long. I have to admit that my choice of vocabulary is not high level vocabulary, but I can get along with it. There’s nothing wrong with it, and the most valuable thing is I have place to learn so I can write better in the future. Writing in this blog is a fully process of learning for me, and I enjoy it.
What is the point that I want to deliver? The point is we will never know about something until we try it ourselves.
One else, if I write in bahasa indonesia, I will be confused whether to use saya, aku, atau gua. Using word “saya” seems to be too polite, “aku” is not masculine enough, and “gua” is too harsh for me. Good thing in english is there is only one substitute word, that is using I.
Ga ada salahnya Blog pake bahasa Inggris, justru lebih bagus. Tapi bahasannya yang global,,, Ntar bisa di tambahin google adsense, buat nambah2 duit, pake trafik generator buat naikin pengunjung. Yang penting belajar…..
Masih ingek samo wak kan fauza????
hhhmmm… i think it’s ok posting in english.. we still i learning process, so..if we make some mistakes, that’s not big problem… hiihii
(^_^)
hhhmmm… i think it’s ok posting in english.. we still in learning process, so..if we make some mistakes, that’s not big problem… hiihii
(^_^)
hmmm. mr. atma, i deal with the global issues everyday in my campus, and here in my room too because i am in process finishing my final paper.
do i want to bring that stuff in this blog, hmm… i want to consider it twice because this blog is not meant to brought into serious area.
but if you want, i can give you tons of paper about global issues, all i have to do is copy-paste them from my documents. haha
thx for the comment, of course i remember you, although it’s quite difficult to remember did i have a friend named dr. iat
Well, ” I ” seems to be more general.. no tendency. But culturally, it is an evidence that we have already captured by a pervasive threat provided by globalization, isn’t it? Btw..ok, sampai saat ini masih posting..kata-kata Anda masih terbukti kebenarannya..Selamat berjuang! (Saya udah bikin link ke blog-mu Ja. Jangan lupa bikin link juga ya..ntar ajarin juga dong, cara2 membuat blog jadi lebih ‘menjual’..ya??Nuhun)
gak masalah sih mau pake bahasa inggris, indonesia, cina, india, ghana, gabon, gambia, atawa garut juga gpp…yang penting isinya berkualitas…
Well, First of all, BJ would like to say CONGRATS!
Many people read your blog, which is very good
Second, you talked about lot of things…
Third, in English, which is great !!
Regardless what people have commented so far, it is very good seeing u in this. You I mean in ideas, in writing….
Keep up the great work….
B.J.
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