Minister corrects DAP MP’s ‘longkang otak’ term

 

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Minister corrects DAP

MP’s ‘longkang otak’ term

FMT Reporters-03 Jul 2024, 03:56 PM

Sibu MP Oscar Ling had asked the federal territories minister a question about the brain drain but had given it a literal translation in Bahasa Melayu.

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Federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the backbencher’s translation of the term ‘brain drain’ was too literal. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Oscar Ling (PH-Sibu) was left slightly red-faced in the Dewan Rakyat today after being corrected by federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa over his Bahasa Melayu translation of the term “brain drain”.

In his question listed in the order paper of proceedings, Ling had asked Zaliha to state the government’s measures to overcome the issue of brain drain.

However, he had made a literal translation of the term and said “longkang otak”.

In correcting the backbencher, Zaliha pointed out that his translation was too literal.

“The translation that has been introduced by academics is ‘hijrah cendekiawan’, some mention ‘penghijrahan bakat’, but that is not accurate,” she said.

Meanwhile, netizens took sarcastic jibes at Ling over his mistranslation, saying the DAP MP should have referred to the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka website beforehand.

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kt comments:

All incorrect, mine's the best 😂😁😀

'Brain drain' should be (in Bahasa): 'yang ada akal 'dah cabut liao lah' 😅😆😇