Unit 07: Reading Lesson 2 Sosok Diplomat Handal Ali Alatas

Question 1

Diplomasi itu seperti bermain kartu. Jangan tunjukkan semua kartu kepada orang lain. Dan jatuhkan kartu itu satu per satu- Ali Alatas

Answer 1

Diplomacy is like playing cards. Don’t show all your cards to others. And drop them one by one- Ali Alatas

Question 2

kartu

Answer 2

card

Question 3

tunjukkan

Answer 3

to show

Question 4

jatuhkan

Answer 4

to drop, to put something down

Question 5

Siapa tak mengenal Ali Alatas. Beliau adalah salah satu diplomat handal milik Indonesia.

Answer 5

Who does not know Ali Alatas? He is one of Indonesia’s reliable diplomats.

Question 6

salah satu

Answer 6

one of (many)

Question 7

handal

Answer 7

reliable, leading

Question 8

milik

Answer 8

possessed by, owned by

Question 9

Beliau menjabat Menteri Luar Negeri (1987-1999) dalam empat kabinet dan pernah dinominasikan menjadi Sekjen PBB oleh sejumlah negara Asia pada 1996.

Answer 9

He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987-1999) in four cabinets and was nominated as UN Secretary General by several Asian countries in 1996.

Question 10

Ini merupakan suatu bukti kehandalannya mewakili Indonesia di berbagai meja perundingan dan jalur diplomatik.

Answer 10

This is proof of his reliability in representing Indonesia at various negotiating tables and diplomatic channels.

Question 11

Selama dua dasawarsa lebih, Pak Alex, panggilan akrabnya memperlihatkan kelas tersendiri sebagai diplomat.

Answer 11

For more than two decades, Mr. Alex, his nickname, has shown his own class as a diplomat.

Question 12

Bahkan pada usia senjanya, beliau masih mengemban tugas sebagai Penasihat Presiden untuk Urusan Luar Negeri (2001-2004).

Answer 12

Even in his old age, he still served as Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs (2001-2004).

Question 13

Maka tak salah bila ia dijuluki “Singa Tua Diplomat Indonesia”.

Answer 13

So it is not wrong if he is nicknamed “The Old Lion of Indonesian Diplomacy”.

Question 14

Kisah hidupnya adalah diplomasi, meskipun pada awalnya alumni Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia ini bercita-cita menjadi pengacara.

Answer 14

His life story is diplomacy, although initially this alumni of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, aspired to become a lawyer.

Question 15

Setelah Ali Alatas lulus dari Universitas Indonesia beliau memulai tugas diplomatik pertamanya di Bangkok sebagai Sekretaris Kedua di Kedutaan Besar RI di Bangkok (1956-1960).

Answer 15

After Ali Alatas graduated from the University of Indonesia, he began his first diplomatic assignment in Bangkok as Second Secretary at the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok (1956-1960).

Question 16

Selama dua dasawarsa lebih Ali Alatas memperlihatkan kelas tersendiri sebagai diplomat.

Answer 16

For more than two decades, Ali Alatas has shown his own class as a diplomat.

Question 17

Meniti karier sebagai diplomat sejak berusia 22 tahun, nama Ali Alatas tercetak dengan huruf tebal dalam catatan sejarah diplomasi Indonesia untuk Timor Timur.

Answer 17

Having pursued a career as a diplomat since the age of 22, Ali Alatas’ name is printed in bold letters in the historical records of Indonesian diplomacy for East Timor.

Question 18

Saat menjabat sebagai Wakil Tetap Indonesia di Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB), beliau harus menghadapi berbagai kritikan mengenai masalah Timor Timur.

Answer 18

While serving as Indonesia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), he had to face various criticisms regarding the East Timor issue.

Question 19

Apalagi saat insiden Santa Cruz yang menewaskan puluhan orang pada akhir tahun 1991, beliau berusaha meredam kemarahan dunia.

Answer 19

Especially during the Santa Cruz incident that killed dozens of people in late 1991, he tried to calm the world’s anger.

Question 20

Namun semua perjuangannya menjadi sia-sia, manakala Timor Timor mendapatkan kemerdekaan dan lepas dari wilayah Indonesia.

Answer 20

However, all his struggles were in vain, when East Timor gained independence and separated from Indonesian territory.

Question 21

Ali Alatas benar-benar merasa terpukul dengan hal ini, apalagi ditambah dengan kerusuhan yang menjadi latar belakang peristiwa itu.

Answer 21

Ali Alatas was truly devastated by this, especially when coupled with the riots that were the background to the incident.

Question 22

Ali Alatas juga sempat menjadi saksi kasus pelanggaran HAM di Timor Timur yang membawa petinggi Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), Jenderal (Purnawirawan) Wiranto ke muka hukum di Pengadilan Ad Hoc Hak Asasi Manusia di Jakarta pada Maret 2003.

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Ali Alatas also witnessed a case of human rights violations in East Timor that brought the high-ranking Indonesian National Army (TNI), General (ret.) Wiranto to court at the Ad Hoc Human Rights Court in Jakarta in March 2003.

Question 23

Beliau mengakhiri karir diplomatnya dengan posisi yang sangat terhormat, sebagai Menteri Luar Negeri.

Answer 23

He ended his diplomatic career with a very honorable position, as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Question 24

Jabatan itu beliau pegang dari masa Soeharto hingga pensiun di era Habibie.

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He held that position from the Soeharto era until he retired in the Habibie era.

Question 25

bermain

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to play

Question 26

mengenal

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to know