tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post115914207501902968..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Where are the Classic Malay Novels?bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159172052719967832006-09-25T16:14:00.000+08:002006-09-25T16:14:00.000+08:00eternal wanderer - fajar bakti is the local publis...eternal wanderer - fajar bakti is the local publishing arm of OUP and produces mainly textbooks. i have contacts there and have done some freelance work for them in the past - esp. promoting dictionaries. i haven't seen any of the older malay books there but maybe could ask.<BR/><BR/>anon - you are always on about belling cats! all we're doing is talking, not kvetching. i think we aren't talking about the oldest classic texts but C20th novels, which are in such short supply. i heard a. saman said is planning to publish his works down in singapore once he can get the copyright back from DBP<BR/><BR/>czipkid - hey, you turned up here v. quickly! it was very nice to meet you and wander into your bookshop. it's a very nice space.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159161802723841492006-09-25T13:23:00.000+08:002006-09-25T13:23:00.000+08:00funny thing, we were just reading your blog via si...funny thing, we were just reading your blog via silverfish the last time around - apologies if we didn't really recognise you. thanks for dropping by today. hope to see you around! =)deadpo8thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016599853669881832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159161687431500382006-09-25T13:21:00.000+08:002006-09-25T13:21:00.000+08:00Some of the classic prose are very, very funny whe...Some of the classic prose are very, very funny when translated. I did classic prose (prosa klasik) for SPM, they're almost ridiculously bombastic. In fact, most of them sound like Japanese anime. Sure you can translate them, but the plots would not be viable in this day and age. Anyway the copyright protection for them have lapsed haven't they ? anyone can translate them if they want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159158173901153822006-09-25T12:22:00.000+08:002006-09-25T12:22:00.000+08:00Sure.. but then again, who's going to bell the cat...Sure.. but then again, who's going to bell the cat ? It's no use your sitting around kvetching about everything, serves no great purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159155613686581992006-09-25T11:40:00.000+08:002006-09-25T11:40:00.000+08:00Thanks Bib!!Do you have any contacts with the publ...Thanks Bib!!<BR/><BR/>Do you have any contacts with the publishers at Fajar Bakti, Sharon? They're the ones who print classic Malay literature for SPM kids. Not sure if they still print them though.<BR/><BR/>The ISBN of my Hikayat Malim Deman is 0 19 583314 7, last printed in 1984!! It's based on the original text that was printed in Singapore in 1960 by Malaya Publishing House. <BR/><BR/>That one was based on a text by two Englishmen and do you know that Oxford University Press may have copies of these old texts?? Oxford University press made a 1963 edition of this book as well!<BR/><BR/>Rather interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159152711795099502006-09-25T10:51:00.000+08:002006-09-25T10:51:00.000+08:00i know most of the translations are bad, but i act...i know most of the translations are bad, but i actually want copies in malay. (i used to have salina but lost my copy). we need translators who can really do the job ... and they need to be paid enough.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1159148661790677572006-09-25T09:44:00.000+08:002006-09-25T09:44:00.000+08:00You may want to buy them, but others don't. Have y...You may want to buy them, but others don't. Have you seen some of the translated works by DBP? They're terrible.<BR/><BR/>For example: A Samad Said's <I>Salina</I>. Spelling and grammatical errors on the FIRST PAGE!<BR/><BR/>DBP doesn't have its act together.Ted Mahsunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555225524434639998noreply@blogger.com