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33rd translation contest: "Back to the playground" » English to Malay

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Source text in English

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]

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Entry #37786 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Malaysian
Winner
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244 x43 x22 x1
Entry #37829 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Malaysian
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203 x42 x24 x1
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Aku ada satu tawaran.
Flows well
The best f​it out of ​all transl​ation.
Farzanah Rosli
+2
1
Pergi baliklah engkau
Good term selection
Farena Hani Abd Manap
Entry #38039 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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183 x42 x22 x1
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Makhluk
Good term selection
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
sedang menggilap-gilap permukaan lagi, tak ubah macam filem tentang anak didik dengan guru karatenya yang popular suatu ketika dulu, "gilap ke dalam, gilap ke luar".
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
"Begitulah kira-kiranya!"
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #37769 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Malaysian
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172 x44 x21 x1
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"Pergi baliklah!"
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Matanya terkebil-kebil. "Itu yang sedang aku cuba buat."
Good term selection
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #37867 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Mayrieya You
Mayrieya You
Malaysia
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163 x41 x22 x1
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itupun kalau awak…"
Good term selection
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #38219 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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132 x42 x21 x1
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Itu, tengok keadaan
Flows well
Farzanah Rosli
Entry #38305 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Voting points1st2nd3rd
122 x41 x22 x1
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penglihatan
Good term selection
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Berkelip-kelip matanya beberapa kali.
Flows well
A good tec​hnique. Th​e phrase '​Matanya be​rkelip beb​erapa kali​' also mig​ht be a su​ggestion. ​Good effor​t.
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #37858 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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112 x41 x21 x1
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intinya
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #38045 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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102 x41 x20
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pulihkan
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
kaca mata."
Good term selection
Good job, ​keep going​.
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #37645 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Malaysian
Voting points1st2nd3rd
91 x42 x21 x1
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sebenarnya
Good term selection
This is a ​new way to​ skin a ca​t.
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Entry #37568 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Malaysian
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82 x400
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Tipulah
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FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
Benda itu membuat gerakan tangan seperti lingkaran pilin lagi. "Aku takkan buat sebegitu kepada makhluk yang tidak mengapa-apakan aku."
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI
"Ikut keperluan."
Flows well
FATEN NAWWARAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI