TRANSLATION PROPOSAL and SHORT RESUME
Dear clients,
Please let me introduce myself first.
My name is Perdian Tumanan and I am interested in your translation project.
I have more than nine years experiences as translator and editor, and help establishing a small Christian
publishing house in my country, Literatur Perkantas Jatim--translating English book into Indonesian (you
could see the website here: http://www.literaturperkantas.com/ ).
Until now I have translated 3 major academic books and one academic article.
Mostly, I translate religion/spirituality/psychology books or article. But I could also work on another subject
such as engineering, media, business, etc. I have Bachelor degree in Engineering and Master in
Theology degree.
I also have experiences for about 7 years teaching at the university and theological schools as adjunct
lecturer on subject such as Philosophy of Religion, New Testament, History and Ethics. I also write on a
journal and public newspaper as well (you could see one of my writing example here:
http://www.seabs.ac.id/journal/oktober2008/Kerajaan%20Imam%20Teologi%20Kerajaan%20Allah%20da
n%20Implikasinya%20Bagi%20Pemuridan%20Kristen%20Masa%20Kini.pdf ).
For one and a half years, I was working with an International humanitarian NGO, World Vision Indonesia,
based in West Kalimantan Area. I was responsible to develop region cooperation and collaboration with
cultural and faith leaders. This experience makes me quite familiar with various documents from
worksheets, training tool, work reports, surveys, financial reports, etc.
This experience also makes me familiar while working with various documents from non-profit sector
(such as: International NGO, UN agencies) and from business/profit sector as well.
I could work 5 hours/day, 5 days a week.
I am giving guarantee to my client, that my translation result would be zero "grammar error" (especially
English to Indonesia translation), readable to common people yet still faithful to its original meaning and
intention.
I am a native speaker. And now I reside in one of the most beautiful cultural city of the country, Jogjakarta
TRANSLATION METHODOLOGY
I always believe that human is the best translator/interpreter of a language. Translation is not just about
change a word into another language, but also to understand its context, spirit and purpose. So, for me
simply using translation tool in a translation project is a bad idea.
So it is very important to also understand to nature, context and purpose of the organization from which
the article will be translated. That is why it is usually for me to search any important information and
highlights before doing the translation.
I prefer not just doing word-to-word/literal translation but also considering for adaptive and communicative
translation. My focus is to make sure that the translation result is not just reliable but also readable.
FINANCIAL
I offer a competitive and low price as follow:
English to Indonesia
: € 0.07 (or US$ 0.095) / source word. (10% discount will be given if your
document is more than 30.000 source words).
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCES
Published article:
1. “Kingdom of Priest: Kingdom of God and Its Implication to Today’s Christian
Discipleship,” Veritas Vol. 9/2 (Oktober 2008) in Bahasa indonesia.
2. “Problems in the Problem of Evil,” Veritas Vol. 10/2 (Oktober 2009) in Bahasa indonesia
(http://www.seabs.ac.id/journal/oktober2009/Masalah%20Dalam%20Masalah%20Kejah
atan.pdf).
3. “Youth Crisis of Identity and the Future of Indonesia,” Pontianak Post (13 November
2012) in Bahasa Indonesia.
Translated Books/Article:
1. 2005 – Translating Dr. Ronald Sider’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience (Baker
Book, 2005) into Indonesian. Published by Literatur Perkantas Jatim
2. 2010 – Translating the last book of Rev. Dr. John Stott, Radical Disciples
(Leicerster, Inter-Varsity, 2010) into Indonesian. Published by Literatur Perkantas Jatim)
(see the sample here: http://books.google.co.id/books?id=FpIL66Sny0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=murid+radikal+stott&hl=id&sa=X&ei=tiVRU_n0J
M2AkgWE9YCYCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=murid%20radikal%20stott&f=false )
3. 2011— Co-Translating the book of Rev. Dr. Christopher J. Wright’s, The Mission of God's
People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission (Zondervan, 2010) into Indonesian.
Published by Literatur Perkantas Nasional.
4. 2011—Translating Prof. Daniel B. Wallace article “Laying a Foundation: New Testament
Textual Criticism,” in Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and
Science of Exegesis (a Festschrift for Harold W. Hoehner, eds. Darrel Bock and Buist M.
Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006) . This article was published for the Academic
Seminars of the 4th Annual Lecture on Biblical Studies which is held in Medan, Jakarta,
Malang and Surabaya.
Education :
1. 1997–2002: Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng) in Electrical Engineering from Petra
Christian University-Surabaya, Electrical Engineering/Renewable Energy
2. 2002-2005: Master of Divinity (M. Div) in Biblical Studies and Contemporary Issues
from South East Asia Bible Seminary.
Training/Seminars:
 2009 Intermediate Staff Training IFES East Asia, Bangkok-Thailand
 2010 Intermediate Staff Training IFES Indonesia, Bogor-Indonesia
 2012 Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) Advocacy Training, World Vision Indonesia,
Pontianak-Indonesia
 2013 Risk Based Audit Training (RBA Training), World Vision Indonesia, Pontianak-
Indonesia.
 2013 Channel of Hope for Maternal Child Health through Faith Based Approach, World
Vision Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia
 2013, Workshop Inter-faith in Development Ministry, World Vision Indonesia, SurabayaIndonesia