tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:24:34 +0000My TranslationsFictionBits and ScrapsNon-FictionGraphic NovelTranslations, books, bits and scraps, anything that comes to mindhttp://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)Blogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-8613522694966460731Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:41:00 +00002013-03-18T14:41:36.397+07:00FictionMy TranslationsMe Before You by Jojo Moyes   A couple of months ago, I finished reading the last page of Me Before You.  I closed the book and sat back on my chair.  My heart was full.  Sometimes, when the heart is too full, you don’t know what to say, you can’t describe it.  So you borrow someone else’s words, otherwise your heart will burst.  And for this book, I’m http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2013/03/me-before-you-by-jojo-moyes-acouple-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-4736136218560542879Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:32:00 +00002012-06-17T01:14:13.744+07:00Bits and ScrapsIt was a Pigeon I made the call. Because of a pigeon. And a windowsill. It wasn't even a real pigeon. Nor a real windowsill. It was in the book I was reading. A pigeon cooed on the windowsill, it said. It puffed up its body, marched back and forth, and took flight. A mental image immediately took shape in my mind, of a fat, grey, beady-eyed pigeon, and a windowsill. Not just any windowsill, http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2012/06/it-was-pigeo-n-i-made-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-3067567284821453849Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:24:00 +00002012-06-16T04:08:24.761+07:00My TranslationsNon-Fiction Dalam bukunya, Seperti Sungai yang Mengalir, salah satu tulisan Coelho yang paling mengena buat saya adalah Doa yang Terlupakan.  Doa ini ditulisnya lama berselang, disisipkan di sampul sebelah dalam sebuah buku puisi, dan bertahun-tahun kemudian doa ini kembali kepadanya dalam cara yang sungguh luar biasa---di selebaran yang disodorkan seseorang kepadanya ketika dia sedang berjalan-jalan http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2012/04/saat-keraguan-menyapa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-6391521806313850765Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:09:00 +00002011-10-28T11:33:51.577+07:00Bits and ScrapsA cup of hot chocolate, a letter from a friend (a nice, old-fashioned, ink on paper letter), and a beautiful poem by Tagore to complete my morning.  The Gardener: XXVIII   Your questioning eyes are sad. They seek to know my meaning as the moon would fathom the sea. I have bared my life before your eyes from end to end, with nothing hidden or held back. That is why you know me not. http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-things-that-warm-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-7060086131016357359Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:59:00 +00002011-10-26T10:53:49.966+07:00FictionMy Translations* Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist    Cover design:  Satya Utama Jadi At first I was a bit sceptical about this book. It’s a vampire novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. The synopsis did not help to convince me at all. So I really don’t know why, in the end, I decided to give it a try. And I’m glad I did. It’s like no other vampire novels I’ve ever read. http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2010/11/50-let-right-one-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-6378303163112281509Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:39:00 +00002011-10-26T10:42:42.054+07:00Bits and Scraps*Farewell, Mb. Lis Beloved editor, translator, mentor, shipmate, captain. Joy, shipmate, joy! Your life is closed, your life begins, The long, long anchorage you leave, The ship is clear at last, she leaps! She swiftly courses from the shore, Joy, shipmate, joy (from Songs of Parting---Walt Whitman) June 24, 2010http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2010/06/farewell-mb-lis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-1584362929178079092Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:47:00 +00002011-10-26T10:08:21.455+07:00Bits and Scraps* "Magic" in a Tube Salah satu “mainan” favorit saya adalah kaleidoscope. Ya, benda berupa tabung cermin berisi manik-manik atau objek-objek berwarna lain, yang pantulannya membentuk pola-pola abstrak yang indah, rumit, dan selalu berubah-ubah. Saya betah memandangi pola-pola yang mirip kaca patri ini berlama-lama. Duluu sekali saya pernah punya satu kaleidoscope. Tapi gara-gara http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/10/magic-in-tube.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-6095192971218144999Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:08:00 +00002011-10-26T10:09:01.327+07:00Graphic NovelMy Translations * Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa I'm glad to announce here that I've finished translating this beautifully written and visually stunning graphic novel by French writer Cyril Pedrosa. It's one of those books that move you so much and this book speaks a lot in all its simplicity. The little boy Joachim lives a happy and simple life with his parents. Everything was perfect, until the three http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/08/48-three-shadows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-4116964698882823577Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:00 +00002011-10-26T10:03:58.880+07:00My TranslationsNon-Fiction * Teen Ink: Love & Relationshiphttp://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/08/48-teen-ink-love-relationship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-2324723324723135895Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:24:00 +00002011-10-26T10:10:02.950+07:00* Tim Burton's Stain Boy I was looking for something light to read this afternoon when, among the stacks of books, I found my old copy of The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton, so of course I had to read it again. It's an all time favourite book of mine and it's truly awesome. I especially like The Girl Who Turns Into a Bed, but I don't think this one has been made http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/07/tim-burtons-stain-boy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-1063402483729754342Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:25:00 +00002011-10-26T10:10:22.242+07:00Bits and Scraps* To Sleep or To Keep Awake Isn’t it frustrating when you want to keep typing while the words are flowing, and yet you can hardly keep your eyes open? I plan to finish at least 10 pages today but the sleep inducing cough medicine I took insists that I I lay down and call it quits. I would like to keep going, at least for awhile. Who knows, maybe I, in this semi-conscious state I’m in, might http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/06/to-sleep-or-to-wake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-3611476392629765145Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:51:00 +00002011-10-26T10:10:51.172+07:00FictionMy Translations* InterWorld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves I'm going to finish the last ten pages tomorrow. Meanwhile, here's a brief summary about this book. Basically it's a battle of power between worlds. HEX and Binary are two powerful forces in the Multiverse, and both are determined to be the one and only ruler of all. While HEX relies on magic, Binary depends on science. Interworld is some sort of http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/06/47-interworld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-9016297946518259875Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:51:00 +00002009-04-13T00:44:02.015+07:00Bits and Scraps*"Absence" is PresenceI found this in the book I'm working on:Light and shadow: you need both to paint a scene or tell a story. To represent three dimensions on a flat surface, you need light to form the object and shadow to give it shape. In composing a picture or a story, you pay attention to negative and positive space. The positive space is what you want the viewer's eye to focus on. But http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/03/absence-is-presence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-7144511214326845634Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:48:00 +00002011-10-26T10:53:29.916+07:00FictionMy Translations* Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Kate Kerrigan    Cover design:  Satya Utama Jadi Four more chapters and I’m done. Pheww. I like this book a lot, really. If there is anything or anyone I don’t like here it's Tressa Nolan, one of the main voices in this book. She is too insecure, too fussy and superficial for my taste. I gritted my teeth when translating those chapters about http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2009/02/46-recipes-for-perfect-marriage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-9115406486014766398Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:36:00 +00002011-10-26T10:14:58.829+07:00Bits and Scraps Books That Come to Stay and Books That Only Pass Through I hoard books. I’d have liked to use the term “collect”. “Collecting” sounds so much nicer than “hoarding”. “To collect” implies that the things you collect are chosen carefully, selectively, but the fact is many people simply collect and accumulate (things, or books) mindlessly, impulsively. So do I, with books. I “hoard” books mostly http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/12/books-that-come-to-stay-books-that-only.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-4613191520924337667Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:51:00 +00002011-10-26T10:05:06.819+07:00Bits and Scraps The Dying Mermaid Do you search for the mermaid? She's not here, she's up thereOn her back upon the rockHer hair spread out her eyes steadfastDying under the crimson skyThe sea roaring the sun bleedingNot another creature to be seen One final breath and one last pullShe throws her heart of starfish shapeFar to the deep blue depthTurns it into bright bloody red She's gone and Neptune sits http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/11/dying-mermaid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-8410957681539173907Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:29:00 +00002008-11-01T01:32:19.977+07:00Bits and ScrapsDistractionsThey come in all shapes and forms. Some I can ignore, others I cannot. Phone calls and text messages I do and WILL ignore sometimes when I’m in the middle of translating the pages that fit my mood of the night. But tonight I let myself be distracted. By these all too familiar lines in a translation material I was reading:Whoever you are holding me now in hand,Without one thing all http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/11/distractions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-6987020397668221640Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:18:00 +00002011-10-26T10:12:41.019+07:00Graphic NovelMy Translations * Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapipublished: October 2008 Witty and brilliant as ever. Chicken with Plums is a story about Marjane's great uncle, Nasser Ali Khan, who decided to die after his wife broke his beloved tar. The story is both tragic and dramatic, yet i couldn't help chuckling now and then while reading and translating. And i found myself amazed at the main character's http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/07/45-chicken-with-plums.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-7655017502936886693Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:00 +00002011-10-26T10:12:57.242+07:00Graphic NovelMy Translations *Laika by Nick Abadzis published: November 2008 Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to be Earth's first space traveller. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, once a political prisoner, now a driven engineer at the top of Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/07/44-laika.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-949239087020870491Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:16:00 +00002011-10-26T10:52:34.984+07:00FictionMy Translations * Silence by Shusaku Endo    Cover design: Satya Utama Jadi    published: December 2008 How do i describe this book? Can I say that it's, more or less, in the line of Coelho's The Fifth Mountain? Yes and no, I think. Yes, because it also tells about a God who seems to be completely silent in the face of human adversity. No, because... it is in many ways a much more sombre http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/06/43-silence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-2646134625947751385Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:21:00 +00002011-10-26T10:15:43.080+07:00My TranslationsNon-Fiction * The Secret Things of God by Henry Cloud It's the Christian version of The Secret.http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/04/test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-284660368191696096Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:35:00 +00002011-10-26T11:15:54.107+07:00FictionMy Translations * Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls cover design: Satya Utama Jadi published: May 2008 It's a poignant story, beautifully written, about an 11 year-old boy who is dying from leukimia. Sam loves facts, and he has many questions about many things, from ghosts and airship and what it feels like to kiss a girl, and what happens when you die. But instead of being heartbreaking, this story http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/04/40-ways-to-live-forever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-5698490605763817519Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:35:00 +00002011-10-26T10:17:25.693+07:00FictionMy Translations * The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly cover illustration: Rob Ryan published: August 2008 I'd say that John Connolly writes weird books. Weird in the sense that you don't quite know what to make of them. His books are unlike any other that i've ever read. They're dark, that's one thing for sure. Not that there's never a happy ending, but a happy ending in Connolly's books is not the http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2008/04/41-book-of-lost-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-8834094572323301794Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:03:00 +00002011-10-26T10:19:13.871+07:00FictionMy Translations ELEVEN MINUTES by Paulo Coelhotranslated by Tanti Lesmana and Arif Subiyantocover design: Satya Utama Jadi http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2007/10/coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058241253243517029.post-8422877220684053356Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:39:00 +00002011-10-26T10:19:47.674+07:00Bits and ScrapsIt's Over I always know when an affair is over. And doing translations for me is like having a long love affair. You are committed---or supposed to commit yourself---to the work at hand until you complete it. And so far I always did. Although at times boredom set in and I abandoned the book for awhile, in the end I always picked it up again and continued where I left off. But this time… it’s http://tanti-lesmana.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-over-i-always-know-when-affair-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Work and stuff)0