Belajar Bahasa Inggris Edisi 10 Februari 2009

users detest anything that seems like marketing fluff


detest = (kkt) benci/jijik

fluff = (kkt) kesalahan dalam bicara/membaca
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Let's try not to be so gratuitous and self-inflating.


gratuitous = (ks) serampangan/yang tidak beralasan

inflate = (kkt) membusungkan dada
also has other meaning of: (kkt) memompa

inflated = (ks) yang melambung/yang mengembung

self-inflating = menyombongkan diri
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Belajar Bahasa Inggris
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we abandoned the marble technique for measuring boredom.


abandon = (kt) meninggalkan

boredom = (kb) kebosanan/rasa bosan

measuring boredom = mengukur kebosanan
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we relied on spoken comments in Study 2 and...


relied >> relay >> (kkt) mengandalkan/mempercayakan/menyandarkan

spoken comments = komentar yang terucap/diucapkan
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Belajar Bahasa Inggris
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You can't just throw information up there and clutter up cyberspace


clutter = (kb/kkt) mengusutkan/mengacaukan

clutter up cyberspace = mengacaukan dunia maya
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Participants came from a variety of occupations, mainly non-technical.


occupation = (kb) pekerjaan/kesibukan

variety of occupations = bermacam-macam pekerjaan
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Belajar Bahasa Inggris
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This review needs a complete rewrite to put it into more down-to-earth language


down-to-earth = (istilah) yang umum/dikenal banyak orang

down-to-earth language = bahasa yang bisa dikenali dengan baik
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it's better to have condensed information that's no bigger than one screen


condense >> (kkt/kki) menyingkatkan/memadatkan

condensed >> (ks) yang disingkat/yang dipadatkan

condensed information = informasi yang disingkat; here word "condensed" has a mean of (ks) yang disingkat/yang dipadatkan
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Belajar Bahasa Inggris
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2 participants said hypertext can be distracting if a site contains "too many" links.


distract = (kk) mengganggu/membingungkan

can be distracting = bisa mengganggu
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Graphics that add nothing to the text are a distraction and waste of time


waste = membuang/menghabiskan

waste of time = membuang waktu
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Each version had a distinct writing style


distinct = (ks) jelas/nyata

distinctly = (kk) secara jelas/dengan jelas

a distinct writing style = gaya penulisan yang jelas
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Belajar Bahasa Inggris
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Users of the scannable and concise versions of the website will spend significantly less time performing tasks


concise = (ks) ringkas/singkat/kecil

concise versions of the website = website versi singkat

spend = menghabiskan/mengeluarkan

perform = (kkt/kki) melakukan/memainkan/menyelenggarakan

performing tasks = melaksanakan tugas
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-the end-

Ps: all of those sentences above were taken from http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/writing.html

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