BBM321 – PENGANTAR PRINSIP PENTERJEMAHAN AMALI TERJEMAHAN 2 (20%)
MALAY - ENGLISH TETAMU ISTIMEWA
KATA Emak, semenjak Adik pulang dari sekolah, dia sentiasa mengurungkan diri di dalam rumah, tidak mahu keluar bermain mahupun menghirup udara. Umurnya baru berusia lapan tahun, agak janggal bagi kanak-kanak yang seusianya tidak memanfaatkan waktu itu untuk bermain. Agak rugi kiranya dilepaskan begitu sahaja. Bukan senang untuk memperuntukkan waktu sebegitu. Masa tidak akan berpatah kembali. Apa yang ada harus diharungi. Begitulah perjalanan hidup.
Adik pulang dari sekolah. Pakaian seragam sekolah dibuka. Kasut dibiarkan terbengkalai di depan pintu. Stokin yang masam-masam itu diletakkan di atas meja kopi. Beg sekolah dicampakkan di atas kusyen. Emak yang sibuk memasak ketika itu tidak menghiraukan gelagat Adik. Adik terus mengurung diri di dalam bilik. Ada tetamu yang dibawa balik dari sekolah kata Emak. Tetamu itu tidak dipelawa untuk datang, tetapi mahu juga mengikut Adik pulang.
Adik tidak kenal akan tetamu itu, bercakap pun tidak, inikan pulak untuk bertanya khabar.
Apa yang menghairankan, Emak kenal akan tetamu yang tidak diundang itu. Seolah-olah sudah serasi dengan Emak, walaupun sebelum ini tidak pernah berkunjung ke rumah kami.
Tetapi kata Emak, tetamu yang ini lain sedikit sikapnya. Dia tidak meminta makan dan minum. Dia hanya minta untuk tumpang tinggal sahaja di rumah kami. Dia mahu berlindung dari hujan panas. Dia mahu tinggal bersama Adik. Dia mahu berkawan bersama Adik. Dan juga dia mahu bermain bersama Adik. Tetapi Adik tidak mahu berkawan dengannya. Adik tidak mahu bermain dengannya. Malahan, Adik tidak mahu berkongsi bilik dengannya. Adik rimas. Setiap kali tetamu itu menyondol-nyondol ke tubuhnya Adik, dia akan rasa rimas, gatal merenyam dan tidak selesa.
THE SPECIAL GUEST
Mom said, ever since my sister came back from school, she always shut herself in the house and did not want to go out to play or even breathe in the fresh air. She’s only 8 years old; it is quite odd for a child like herself to not take advantage of her time to go out and play. It’s seeming like a waste to just let go of the opportunity. It’s difficult to allocate such time. Time will not turn back. We have to endure what is there. That’s how the journey of life works.
My sister came back from school. Her school uniform has been undone. She left her shoes in front of the door. Her stinky socks were left on the coffee table. She threw her bag on the couch’s cushion. Mom was busy with the cooking at the time and she was not bothered by my sister’s actions. My sister just went into her room and shut herself. Mom said that there was a guest that came from school. That guest was not invited to come home, but instead, he wanted to follow my sister all the way home.
My sister does not recognise the guest, she does not talk to him nor even greet him to say hello. What’s even weirder is that Mom knows this mysterious, uninvited guest. It seems like this guest is familiar with Mom even though he has never once come to our house. However, Mom stated that the guest had a slightly different attitude. This person does not ask for any food and drinks. He just wants to stay overnight at our house. He also said that he wanted to take shelter from the hot rain. Not only that, he wants to stay with my sister. To be friends and play with her. However, my sister does not want to be friends with him and does not want to play with him. In fact, she did not want to share a room with him. She felt uneasy.
Every time the guest nudged her, she felt a tingle of itch and was overall uncomfortable with it.