Challenges in the Digital Era of Translation and Tourism
[unsoed.ac.id, Tue, 12/07/22] The Mandarin Language Diploma Study Program FIB Unsoed held a guest lecturer lecture, with the theme “Challenges in the Digital Age World of Translation and Tourism”, Wednesday (06/7). This event presents speakers with two different fields. The first resource person is a practitioner in the field of tourism, namely the HR Manager of the Java Heritage Hotel, Dedy Wijaya Simatupang, A.Md. The second resource person is a practitioner in the field of translation, namely Chinese translation practitioner, Windi Baralita, B.Ed.
The event was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Mrs. Dra. Roch Widjatini, M.Si. In her speech, she said, she warmly welcomed this activity. The Dean hopes that this event can add insight and knowledge to students in the field of translation and tourism in the digital era. The event was attended by the Vice Deans I and II, as well as all Chinese lecturers and D3 students.
In his presentation, Dedy Wijaya Simatupang conveyed about the tourism sector. With material on hospitality, he presents many statistics in the field of tourism which have great opportunities for Chinese D3 students. Moreover, investors from China have grown rapidly and continue to grow in Indonesia. "Job prospects in the tourism sector are open to tourism students, such as travel agents, tour managers, tour consultants,tour guides, and hotel or restaurant managers," said Dedy.
Furthermore, Windi Baralita, who has an undergraduate education background in Mandarin, revealed that translation activities are dynamic, especially in written translation activities. She also shared her experience when she started as a translator in various online novel media channels. "Don't be afraid to be wrong. Everything that has just been learned must be put into practice and must be tried to find out how to deal with it,” said Windi, who is also an alumnus of the Unsoed Mandarin D3 study program.
All participants were very enthusiastic about this activity. This was proven by the number of participants who asked about the material that had been presented by the two speakers. Questions about how to be a good translator and also how we develop the skills needed in the tourism sector.
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