June 11, 2007

Two books that I translated are now on sale, both on Erlangga. One is under the Perti line while the other is under EFK.

The first one is Schaum’s Outlines: Biology, 2nd edition, by George H. Fried and George J. Hademenos. It is a book aimed to help students who take classes such as Biology 101 learning the concepts of biology, but it can also be used as a text book of the field.

The other book is the second part of The Giant Encyclopedia of Transition Activities. The original book is only in one volume, but due to its thickness, EFK has decided to split the book into two parts. The first part, Aktivitas Pintar Pengisi Waktu, has been published earlier; the second part is titled Permainan Kreatif Pengisi Waktu Luang in Indonesia. Both are books for parents and teachers of children 3-6 years old. Don’t think that it’s easy translating this kind of books. It’s frustrating to translate songs so that they can still be sung in the same tone without losing its intended meaning. Oh yes, it’s frigging hard, we finally got a consultant on the songs.

What other news? Hmmm… I’m working on some comics, soon to be appear here. One is a personal project, while the other is a project with my friend Vanessa. And next month, I’m scheduled to be one of the speakers in a discussion about Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha. I’ll keep you updated about this.