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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey
No problem La Pagaru, and in fact, nothing to apologise for, I'm sure you just posted automatically, without considering that you might confuse by using non-standard language.
I don't know that Google translate is a good option, I find some of the translations from that very peculiar.
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I can attest to the fact that Google translator does a horrible job with Bahasa Indonesian. However, part of the problem there undoubtably is this penchant of Indonesians in general to use non-standard forms of their language along with the common habit worldwide to abbreviate words for internet communication spurred on by platforms such as twitter and texting. Unfortunately these abbreviations vary from culture to culture and no online translators are capable of making much sense of them.
I would suggest, Andi, that you limit your wording to standard language forms and refrain from the use of local abbreviations if you hope to be universally understood. That way goole translator will at least have a chance at making something decipherable out of you posts when you translate them to English.
