JKT48 in Ini Talkshow Translation

Andre : Without further ado, JKT48!
Andre : Nabilah, How are you?

[JKT48 Enters]

Sule : Why didn’t you tell me they’re coming here? Surprise?
Andre : Sort of

Sule : Where are your friends? Only 6 of you?
Hesty [Another guest star on the episode together with JKT48] : Seven of us
Melody : I’m afraid the stage won’t fit
Sule : It fits! We’ll change the set if needed.

Andre : Nabilah, you still remember Sule Papa? [TN : A reference to their past encounter in a comedy show where Sule act as Nabilah’s Dad]
Nabilah : Of course!
Andre : Usually you’ve got the whole team; this time only 6 of you. I’m sure Sule remembers your name.
Sule : Yep. This is Nabilah.
Andre : And then?
Sule : And..Melody. Hi Melody! *Waving his hand at the wrong member*
Nabilah : This is Melody!
Andre : Let me do the attendance count
Sule : Sure, sure

Andre : Nabilah, Melody
Andre : That one is Haru…
Sule & Hesty : Haruka!
Andre : On top, Be..
Sule : Becak! [TN : Pedicab]
Andre : Beby!
Andre : And then..Ve..
Sule : Venyu! [TN : Penyu –> Sea Turtle]
Sule : Venita!
Andre : Wrong. Ve..
Sule : Ve’a [TN : Pe’a –> a slang word for “dumb” ]
Andre : Just Ve.
Sule : Oh just Pe, which one is Pe? [TN : In Sundanese, Sule’s regional language/dialect, V and F most of the time pronounced as P]
The Girls : VE!
Andre : The last one, Shani..
Sule : Shania!
Andre : Correct!
Sule : I know them all. It was actually just an act, Ndre.
Sule : I’m actually the one responsible for the lightstick at their concert, the coordinator

Sule : How are you, JKT?
The Girls + Hesty : We’re fine.
Sule (To Hesty) : I asked them
Sule : You’re not JKT48, you’re 4-8-4-8 [TN : I dunno the reason why the laugh at this statement]
Sule : So, what’s your recent activity?
Nabilah : As usual, theater. But we also had two concert recently, in Semarang and Jogja.

Andre : They are really amazing, Le. The first idol group from Indonesia who joined a concert in Dome
The Girls : Tokyo Dome!
Andre : Yeah, that…
The Girls : *laugh*
Andre : I only know the “dome”
Sule : Tokyo Dome!
Andre : Yes, that. Tokyo Dome.

Sule : So, how does it feel, to be able to perform there. In Tokyo..dome.
Melody : Of course we are really happy. Not everyone can have some kind of performance in Tokyo Dome. We are really proud to be able to perform there.
Ve : And we sang the song in Indonesian
Sule : I see. I’m glad you always brought forth Indonesian culture.
Hesty : Well, for me..
Sule : Them! I asked them!

Andre : Le, while we are at it, I mean Japan, we’ve got someone from Japan here
Sule + Hesty : Haruka!
Sule : Arigatou, Pusukesumasu [TN: PUSKESMAS –> Pusat Kesehatan Masyarat –> Community Health Center]
Sule *In English* : You can speak Indonesian?
Haruka *In Indonesian* : Engga [Nope]
Haruka *In Indonesian* : Engga bisa [I can’t]
Sule : You say that you can’t, SO WHY IN INDONESIAN?
Hesty : She’s good!
Sule : Haruka, you are a pure Japanese?
Haruka : Yep
Sule : How long have you stayed in Indonesia?
Haruka : Uhm, more than a year.
Sule : More than a year!?
Sule: *speaks in Sundanese dialect* [TN: “Regional Dialects” in Indonesian is well.., you can consider those as another different languages so I dunno what he said.. but Haruka is laughing! My guess is that either she finds his dialect funny or she does understand a little bit of Sundanese due to her friendship with Melody.*
Haruka : Yes *chuckle*
Sule : So, how is it? I mean, living in here?
Haruka : I like it
Sule : Really? Anyway, I’ve a lot friends in Japan
Haruka : Who?
Sule : Samurais.
Haruka : …..

Andre : Say my regards to Ultraman
Haruka : OK!
Hesty : Godzilla!
Sule : Ksatria Baja Hitam [TN: Kamen Rider]
Sule : There’s a lot of (heroes) in Japan!
Haruka : Yes! And all of them are my friends.
Sule : Your friends?
Haruka : Yep!
Sule + Hesty : *Mimicking Shin-chan*
Sule : You know Shin-chan, right?
Haruka : Yes!
Sule : Japan is just amazing with all those cartoons I consider the best.
Sule : Anyway, how’s Oshin doing nowadays? [TN: Oshin –> A very popular drama from Japan, aired in Indonesia around late 80’s]
All those with the age range above 30 : *laugh*
Sule : You know Oshin, right?
Haruka : Yep
Sule : The series was very well known in Indonesia. Oshin, Orin [TN : Perhaps Sule talks about The Ballad of Orin? That was in the 70’s though..]
Haruka : Orin?
Sule : Yeah, after Oshin.
Haruka : Really?
Sule : Yes! You don’t know?
Haruka : No..
Sule : Really!!!??
Haruka : Those were aired when I was just an infant. [TN : Actually, Oshin in its native country, Japan, was aired in 1983. Perhaps she saw the re-run or through VHS]
Sule : Ah yes, correct..
Haruka : I’m still young, you know.
Sule : Ah yes.
Haruka : And you’re old.
Audiences : *laugh*
Hesty : Wait, wait
Andre : 5000 Rupiah, 5000 Rupiah!

[TN : They will have to pay 5000 Rupiah – approx. 0.50 USD as a fine if they mock someone else. Perhaps as a mockery to the common Indonesian comedy style : mocking at each other. Mockingception.]

Andre : Pay the fine, pay the fine.
Hesty : *Lending Haruka 5000 Rupiah* Here, pay the fine.
Haruka : But I just told him the truth! He’s old!
Andre : *Speaking in faux Mandarin*
Andre : In here goes the money
Haruka : *Took the money in the Jar*
Andre : Don’t take the money!
Andre : *bowing* Hai, Hai.

Sule : They are very polite.
Andre : Huh?
Sule : The Japanese. They always bowed. Very polite.
Andre : Ah yes.

Sule : Okay, what about Vi, where’s Vi?
The Girls : VE!
Sule : Ah yes..
Haruka : That’s the exact reason why I said, You’re old.
Sule : THERE!
Melody : Pay the fine, pay the fine.. *Taking 5000 rupiah for Haruka from her wallet*
Haruka : Sigh..but I just said the truth!
ALL : *laugh*

Sule : Good, I love how honest the youngsters nowadays are. Back to Vay
The Girls : Ve…
Sule : Ah yes, Ve, Ve. I heard that you are afraid swimming in the shallow open sea? Why is that? Are you afraid of the sea?
Ve : Uhm..Not really..
Sule : Phobia?
Ve : *chuckle* No, no. I don’t have any phobia towards the sea. I’m afraid of the sharks.
Sule : Sharks!?
Ve : Yes

Andre : Beby, Beby, can I ask something?
Beby : Yes?
Andre : Who asked Haruka to join JKT48? Or perhaps there’s some kind of audition?
Beby : It was her own decision to go to Indonesia. She love it here, so she asked for it personally.
Andre : No, I mean, in joining JKT48.
Beby : She was in a concert back then in Indonesia where she became interested in joining JKT48.
Andre : She was having a concert in Indonesia with her own group?
Beby : Yes, with AKB48
Andre : What’s her group name?
The Girls : AKB48!
Andre : A?
The Girls : AKB
Haruka : AKB!!!
Audiences : *laugh*
Hesty : *Mimicking Haruka’s voice and tenacity when she tried to tell Andre how to pronounce AKB earlier*
Sule : She’s here for more than a year

Sule : So, where do you feel at home more? Here or in Japan?
Haruka : Here
Sule : Indonesia!? That was amazing! Why!?
Haruka : Indonesian people are very nice. The foods are delicious. Well, that’s it, delicious*. [TN : *Enak in Indonesian can be applied to either how the food taste or how much do you like a place, be it your office, your home, your city, or anywhere else. The way Haruka structured her sentence here makes people who heard it thinking that she was only referring to the food, hence the laughter from the audience.]
Haruka : I mean, I like it living in here more compared to when I live in Japan.
Sule : Really? Well, our train system is actually from Japan.

Andre : Ask Haruka, her most favorite Indonesian food.
Sule : What’s your most favorite Indonesian food?
Haruka : Baso
Sule : Baso! My dad was a Baso vendor. Oh, You didn’t ask it? Okay..
The girls : *laugh*
Sule : I see, Baso. Don’t they have something like that too in Japan? I think they have.
Haruka : Nope
Sule : Really? Oh wow, Indonesia.
Haruka : I like the regular Baso.
Sule : Regular Baso?
Haruka : Yep
Sule : They have extraordinary Baso, you know. Baso Rudal [Lit: Missile Baso], A very enormous one, you haven’t seen it yet?
Haruka : Nope
Sule : I’ll buy it for you later.
Haruka : Later? Wheng?
Sule : Huh?
Haruka : Wheng?
Sule : WHEN not WHENG
Haruka : Don’t forget your promise, ‘kay?
Sule : Huh?
Haruka : Don’t lie, promise?
Sule : No, I never lie. I’ll ask for your manager phone number, and then I’ll buy it for you.
Haruka : Come to think of it…No, don’t want.
Sule : Huh?
Haruka : I think, I don’t want to meet you anymore [TN : The way she said this, . The choice of words and tones she used here is mainly for teenage lovers actually, hence the laughter afterwards. Note the Aku and Kamu usage here. Refer to our translation glossary]
Sule : “I think, I don’t want to meet you anymore,” So what? I want to meet you. [TN : Sule use the same wording and tone Haruka used]
Some of the girls audiences : Eew..

Andre : For JKT48, we were earlier talking about games. Do you still remember the games you used to play when you were kids?
Shania : Domikado [TN: Example Here and Here] and uh…that MieMieMie
Sule : Mie Ayam?

Sule : How about you Ve?
Ve : Uh…I wonder what…That “Polisi Maling” game?
Sule : Polisi Maling? Which one is it?
Ve : You know, that cop and burglar game?
Hesty : So the cop wearing a burglar uniform?
Sule : Not that, the cop chasing the burglar!

Sule : And you Beby?
Beby : I like playing cook, using leaves and clay. We named that “Tombo Ati“, since well, we meshed the leaves and clay.
Sule : I see, making some cakes with the clay, huh? And when you can’t find any water, you’ll just *spit*

Sule : How about you Nabilah?
Nabilah : I like to play marbles. I have an older brother, so yeah.
Sule : And Nabilah, you are a girl, right?
Nabilah : Yes I am!
Sule : And you like playing marbles?
Nabilah : Yes, I was. When I was a little kid.
Sule : Oh, when you were a little kid. What else?
Nabilah : Oh, Enggrang [Indonesian Stilt Walking, albeit for children]
Sule : They are all typical boys’ game!
Nabilah : I have an older brother! So, yeah.
Sule : I see.

Sule : What about you Melody?
Melody : Sondah
Sule : Sondah? The one where they throw a stone and..
Melody : Yes, yes
Sule : Something like Engklek? [TN : Engklek –> Hopscotch with shooter to add the difficulty level. The shooter in Melody and Sule’s case is or was a stone]
Melody : Yes!
Sule : *mimicking someone playing the game and instead of doing dances like it was in Hopscotch, he decided to play faces at Haruka*

Hesty : What about you Haruka?
Sule : Haruka, in Japan, what are the traditional games that you played?
Haruka : A lot
Sule : An example?
Andre : Sudoku?
Haruka : Uhm..usually, Janken. [TN : Japanese RPS. Well, I guess even without explaining, you already know what Janken is ]
Sule : What?
Hesty + Melody: Janken, it is “Suit” in Indonesia
Hesty : Scissors, Rock, Paper
Sule : Scissors, Rock, Paper

Hesty : What about Congklak?
The Girls : Yes
Sule : Of course
Hesty : Lompat Tali?
Sule : The one with the rubber band
The girls : Yes.
Melody : In Sundanese, it is Sampintrong
Sule : Yes! That’s it!
Hesty : What about BP? I don’t think it’s there in your era.. [TN : Paper doll. Essentially “Barbie”, but in a sheet of paper and some clothing templates]
Melody : Yes! Yes! With the paper!
Hesty : Oh! You know! I honestly think we are on the same age here!
Haruka : Yes, you both are! Old, that is.
Melody : What the…Pay the fine! Pay the fine!
Sule : She came far away from Japan just to master the art of mocking others!
Sule : She really love to pay the fine!

Andre : So?
Haruka : Well, he does looks old.
Andre : Yep, couldn’t agree more with that
All : *laugh*
Andre : Le, she said you looks old.
Sule : Hahaha, Haha…
Sule : You want something to drink? Would you like something to drink? What do you want to drink?
Haruka : That
Andre : Ocha? Would you like some Ocha?

Maya : Here you go. Whee, So many people.
Haruka : Wow, You are very beautiful..
Maya : Huh? Thank you!
Haruka : But I’m more beautiful than you
Maya : Ouch! *laugh* She praised me and then BAM! *laugh* Please, have a drink.
Andre : She praised you and then slammed you.
Sule : I think that’s how Japanese works ‘Ndre.
Maya : She just slammed me
Andre : “You are beautiful, but I’m more beautiful than you”
Maya : *stab*
Maya : I’m speechless.
Sule : I call that self confidence. Better to praise yourself rather than not being praised at all.

Hesty : Hey hey, lovebirds.
Maya : Nowhere else to seat!
Sule : Well, say “Excuse Me”, or else people will think I’m the one making the move

Hesty : Is that Bekel?
Maya : Correct! I want to ask you to play some Bekel. Can you play it?
Hesty : So why are there two balls?
Maya : Ah yes, correct..

Hesty : *Playing Bekel*
Andre : That’s how you do it, Le
Sule : You are good!
Hesty : *untie her necklace*
Sule : Gimme that
Hesty : *gave the necklace*
Sule : *throw the necklace away*

Sule (to JKT48) : Can you play this?
Nabilah : I’m not good at that
Sule : Come on Nabilah, just try it
Andre : Haruka!
Maya : Haruka, try it!
Melody : Try it
Haruka : Looks like a cat’s toy
Maya + Sule : Say what? Cat?
Haruka : Cat
Sule : Cat?
Hesty : I see, in Japan, this is a cat’s toy.
Haruka : How do we play it?
Sule : Come here, let’s play with Uncle.
Audiences : *laugh*
Hesty : This is so awkward.
Sule : *playing Bekel perfectly while singing a Sundanese song*
Hesty (to Haruka) : Do it like, 1-1-1, and 2-2-2
Sule : My mom always sang like that when we played Bekel.
Haruka : *Sniffing the Bekel’s stones*
Audiences : *laugh*
Sule : She sniff that!
Sule : Oh, I know! It is all because I touched that right? You sniff that because I touched that, right?
All : *laugh*
Sule : What am I? Trash?
Haruka : *laugh* How again?
Sule : Just one ball, no need to use two.
Haruka : And then?
Sule : Like this, ~~Tsaaang *Giving an example using no stones and ball*
Haruka : ~~Tsaang *Doing exactly what Sule is doing, with only the ball*
Sule : …..
Hesty + Maya : *chuckle*
Sule : Here, you should..wait, look at how Uncle play it. Pay attention to Uncle. We play it together later on.
Haruka : Uncle, Teach me, will ya [TN : She started to call Sule, Uncle]
Sule : Here, here
Sule : *playing bekel, again while singing a Sundanese song*
Sule : There, do it while singing!
Haruka : Okay! *preparing with two balls*
Sule : One ball!
Haruka : *laugh*
Haruka : One, two, three
Haruka : *Playing bekel and using one hand to throw, another one to catch, a no no in the game*
Maya : One hand only! *laugh*
Haruka : *Keep playing while ignoring the stones she should picked up one by one as the rules of the game*
Haruka : *Frustrated and throw the ball*
Sule : *laugh* She just went nuts
Haruka : Too hard!
Sule : Indeed it is

Maya : Ah yes, one more, a gift
Sule : What?
Sule : Nabilah, can you play Bekel?
Nabilah : I’m not an expert at it
Sule : That’s okay, come on, try it.
Sule : *pick up the ball*
Sule : This looks delicious
Sule : *bite the ball*
Haruka : Eeew! Smelly mouth poop. [TN: She actually said “Jigong“, originally a slang or rather harsh word that refer to that yellow-ish substance of health-neglected teeth. Usually used to mock or when telling someone is lying. Which brings us to a question: Where the hell did she learned that word? ]
Sule : Mouth poop!
Audiences : *laugh*
Melody : Pay the fine!
Sule : No, that’s okay! It is indeed true that my mouth poop is smelly.
The girls : *laugh*
Maya : Mouth poop..
Andre : *Chuckle* She does know how to make jokes
Sule : Don’t go back to Japan! Stay here, okay?
Haruka : That is what I intended to do
Sule : We’ll make a show together. You and Uncle, okay?
Hesty : And the title will be : “Eeew! Smelly Mouth Poop”
All : *laugh*

Sule : What’s this? A gift?
Maya : Yes, but it’s not for you
Haruka : *thinking it was for her*
Sule : No Haruka! Not you!
Maya : *gave the gift to Hesty*
Hesty : Kinda suspicious..
Maya : Special gift
Sule : Special gift from Maya
Hesty : I have a bad feeling about this..
Sule : Please don’t
Maya : I don’t even know what’s inside [TN : She refers herself as “Eneng”, please refer to our Translation Glossary]
Hesty : *Opened the package and screamed*
Maya : What? What happened?
Sule : What’s the matter? It is just tomato..
Hesty : No. no. no. I’m okay, I’m okay. I’m okay with rounded tomato
Hesty : *Frightened*
Andre : And what’s wrong with the gecko?
Hesty : *laugh* [TN : It was a frog not a gecko]
Haruka : Kaeru
Sule : It’s a frog.
Haruka : In Japanese, it is Kaeru
Sule : What?
Haruka : Kaeru
Sule : Kaedo? In Indonesian, Kodok.
Melody : Kaeru!
Haruka : *Sneaking up and do some jump scares to Hesty*
All : *laugh*
Hesty : I’m not scared! I’m not scared! I’M NOT SCARED! DON’T PLAY WITH THE TOMATO TOO MUCH!
Nabilah : *throws the fake frog to Hesty*
Hesty : I’M NOT!
Hesty : This is just a fake frog. Stop it, please.
Sule : *Proceed with eating the Tomato sloppily*
Hesty : DON’T DO THAT!
Sule : *Messing with the tomato using his finger*
Hesty + Haruka : EEEW! DISGUSTING!
Hesty : I hate it…
Haruka : Smelly!
Sule : What’s up?
Hesty : Don’t do that..
Sule : You guys are weird
Sule : Can you explain why you have a tomato phobia?
Hesty : I’m fine with round good shape tomato, but I have a problem with crushed tomatoes.
Sule + Maya : Why?
Hesty : It’s getchek you know [TN : I don’t know what Getchek is…UPDATE: According to the readers : Disgusting]

Sule (To Haruka) : In Sundanese, we call this Bangkong.
Haruka : Bangkok
Sule : Almost, kong, kong.
Haruka : Kong
Sule : Bang..
Haruka : Bangkong
Sule : Nice, learn some regional dialect, okay?
Sule : If Uncle do this *snaps his finger* it means “A”
Haruka : A
Sule : And this one is “O”
Haruka : O
Sule : *snaps his finger*
Haruka : A
Sule : *do his second finger sign*
Haruka : O
Sule : *snaps his finger*
Haruka : A
Sule : *do his second finger sign*
Haruka : O
Sule (To Andre) : How much do you want to buy this, sir? [TN : Apparently, what Sule did earlier is one of a series of training for Hill Myna]
All : *laugh*

Sule (To Hesty) : What about the frog?
Hesty : *chuckle* It’s because of me
Sule : Why? I heard that you are responsible for your own frog-phobia
Hesty : *laugh* Yes. It was back when I was in Junior high. All my friends were like bragging things they afraid of, like rats, cockroaches. And that makes me want to brag about things I’m afraid of too. I decided on frog and somehow, in long term, it affect me much further than I originally thought of.
Haruka : It looks like Uncle (the frog)
Hesty : BAAA! [TN : Afterwards, Lips reading : Pay! Pay the fine!]
Sule : *Mimicking the frog*
All : *laugh*
Andre : Well, it really does looks like you.

Maya : Be patient, okay?
Sule : That’s fine. It’s what kids do.
Sule : *cough*, can you make me a cup of coffee?
Maya : But I really want to ask you something first
Sule : Sure
Maya : Uhm, Your dad is a mobile phone vendor, right?
Sule : How did you know?
Maya : Well you see.., I can feel something vibrating inside of me when I near you.
Sule : My dad was a baso vendor actually *laugh*
Hesty : Your dad is a computer expert, right?
Sule : How did you know?
Hesty : Your face needs some editing.
All : *laugh*
Sule : 5000 rupiah! 5000!
Sule : Since when do my face needs some editing
Sule : Hey, watch it, you just drop 5000
Hesty : A’he *inserting the money to the jar*
Andre : More tenacity, please
Hesty : A’HE!

*Sasui cames in suddenly, take a good note of Haruka’s face*

Sule : This is a friend of mine, you don’t wanna know him, right?
Sule : You haven’t found your charger, yet?
Sasui : No, not yet.
Sule : Told you to use a car accumulator instead
Sasui : I’m afraid Jamil ate it. I can’t play games anymore..
Sule : Jamil really ate it?
Sasui : Sule, can you find me a charger?
Sule : Why don’t you ask Haruka?
Sasui : Do you have any charger?
Haruka : No. I’m sorry, we are still in the middle of shooting. Please leave.
All : *laugh*
Sule : We are in the middle of shooting *chuckle*
Sasui : Huh?
Sule : We are in the middle of shooting *chuckle*. Get out.
Andre : We are in the middle of shooting!
Sule : *laugh* Your face is way too plebs, she thought you were interfering with the program.
Sule : We charge it later on. We still got JKT48 here. Introduce yourself.
Sule : Anyway, he’s good at singing. Ask them to sing along.
Sasui : Here?
Sule : Yep
Sasui: We’ve got the perfect combination here, do re mi fa so la ti do. Exactly seven.
Sule : They’re good at singing and dancing
Sule : You lead the pack

*Singing and dancing routine: “Baby Baby Bala-Bala” ended with “Heey, Fried food!”*

Melody : *laugh*
Andre : What’s the matter Melody?
Melody : Well, he said “Bala-Bala” and ended with “Fried Food!” and I was like, hey it clicked! [TN : Bala-Bala is one of many kinds of Indonesian fried food]

Sasui : One more time!

*Singing and dancing routine while chasing Haruka*

*Haruka just went over to Andre’s desk*

Andre : Hey, don’t go there
Sule : Come here!
Andre : Let’s do some dancing!
Andre : Say this line to the camera : “Don’t go anywhere”
Haruka : Don’t go anywhere!