Indonesian–English parallel text
Amplop untuk Bos
The Envelope for the Boss
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A bilingual Indonesian–English edition: the Indonesian text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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Tiga puluh ribu yen
Thirty thousand yen
Kenji tinggal di Tokyo. Dia berumur tiga puluh delapan tahun. Dia bekerja di kantor yang besar di kota.
Kenji lives in Tokyo. He is thirty-eight. He works in a big office in the city.
Kenji adalah pria yang tenang. Dia datang bekerja pada pukul delapan. Dia pulang ke rumah pada pukul tujuh. Dia tidak banyak berbicara.
Kenji is a quiet man. He comes to work at eight. He goes home at seven. He does not talk much.
Mejanya ada di samping jendela. Dia suka pekerjaannya. “Tim yang bagus,” pikir dia.
His desk is next to the window. He likes his job. “A good team,” he thinks.
Pada Senin pagi, tim mengadakan rapat. Bos tidak ada di sana. Semua orang berbicara dengan suara yang pelan.
On Monday morning, the team has a meeting. The boss is not there. Everybody talks in a quiet voice.
“Hari Jumat adalah hari ulang tahun bos,” kata seorang wanita dari tim. “Dia berumur lima puluh tahun. Kita mau membeli hadiah.”
“Friday is the boss’s birthday,” says a woman from the team. “He is fifty. We want to buy a present.”
“Hadiah yang bagus,” kata seorang pria muda. “Pena yang bagus. Atau jam tangan.”
“A good present,” says a young man. “A nice pen. Or a watch.”
“Semua orang memasukkan tiga ribu yen ke dalam amplop,” kata wanita itu. “Bisa?”
“Everybody puts three thousand yen in an envelope,” says the woman. “OK?”
“Bisa,” kata semua orang. Kenji berkata “bisa” juga, dengan sangat pelan.
“OK,” says everybody. Kenji says “OK” too, very quietly.
Pada sore hari, orang-orang datang ke meja Kenji. Mereka memberi dia uang. “Ini, Kenji,” kata pria muda itu. “Untuk amplop.”
In the afternoon, people come to Kenji’s desk. They give him money. “Here, Kenji,” says the young man. “For the envelope.”
“Mengapa aku?” tanya Kenji.
“Why me?” asks Kenji.
“Karena kamu berhati-hati,” kata wanita itu. “Kamu tidak pernah kehilangan apa pun.”
“Because you are careful,” says the woman. “You never lose anything.”
Kenji melihat amplop itu. Amplop itu putih. Di depan, dia menulis: “Untuk bos. Kenji Tanaka, Tim Penjualan.”
Kenji looks at the envelope. It is white. On the front, he writes: “For the boss. Kenji Tanaka, Sales Team.”
Pada pukul enam, dia menghitung uang itu. “Sepuluh orang, tiga ribu yen. Tiga puluh ribu yen.”
At six o’clock, he counts the money. “Ten people, three thousand yen. Thirty thousand yen.”
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