Indonesian–English parallel text
Sepuluh Kilometer
Ten Kilometres
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A bilingual Indonesian–English edition: the Indonesian text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
Sebuah lelucon di daftar
A joke on the list
Funmi tinggal di Lagos. Umurnya empat puluh satu tahun, dan dia seorang akuntan. Dia bekerja di sebuah perusahaan besar di pusat kota.
Funmi lived in Lagos. She was forty-one, and she was an accountant. She worked for a big company in the city centre.
Dia duduk di mejanya dari pukul delapan pagi sampai pukul enam sore. Dia suka angka. Angka itu tenang.
She sat at her desk from eight in the morning until six in the evening. She liked numbers. Numbers were quiet.
Pada Senin pagi, sebuah email datang dari bos. Funmi membacanya bersama kopi pertamanya.
On Monday morning, an email came from the boss. Funmi read it with her first coffee.
“Kepada tim,” tulis email itu. “Perusahaan kita akan ikut serta dalam lomba lari Lagos. Jaraknya sepuluh kilometer, dan acaranya enam minggu lagi. Ini sepuluh pelari kita.”
“Dear team,” it said. “Our company is going to run in the Lagos race. It’s ten kilometres, and it’s in six weeks. Here are our ten runners.”
Funmi melihat daftar nama itu. Nama terakhir di daftar adalah namanya.
Funmi looked at the list of names. The last name on the list was her name.
Dia membacanya lagi. Kemudian dia berdiri dan berjalan ke meja sebelah.
She read it again. Then she stood up and walked to the next desk.
Tunde berumur dua puluh enam tahun. Dia lebih muda daripada semua orang di kantor. Dia berlari setiap pagi, dan dia menceritakannya setiap hari.
Tunde was twenty-six. He was younger than everybody in the office. He ran every morning, and he talked about it every day.
“Tunde. Apa kamu menulis namaku di daftar ini?”
“Tunde. Did you write my name on this list?”
Tunde tertawa. “Itu hanya lelucon! Maafkan aku. Lalu bos mengirim daftar itu ke semua orang.”
Tunde laughed. “It was a joke! I’m sorry. Then the boss sent the list to everyone.”
“Sebuah lelucon,” kata Funmi.
“A joke,” said Funmi.
“Ayolah, Funmi. Kamu belum pernah berlari seumur hidupmu. Benar, kan?”
“Come on, Funmi. You’ve never run in your life. Have you?”
“Tidak,” kata Funmi. “Aku belum pernah berlari. Bahkan untuk mengejar bus pun tidak pernah.”
“No,” said Funmi. “I have never run. Not even for a bus.”
Orang-orang lain di kantor mendongak dari meja mereka. Beberapa dari mereka tersenyum.
Other people in the office looked up from their desks. Some of them smiled.
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