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LINGKARAN DALAM KAWASAN

English translation: district ring road

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Malay term or phrase:LINGKARAN DALAM KAWASAN
English translation:district ring road
Entered by: AniseK

15:25 Mar 21, 2009
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Business/Commerce (general)
Malay term or phrase: LINGKARAN DALAM KAWASAN
Sorry, there is no full sentence. It is a location:
LINGKARAN DALAM KAWASAN (Name of the town). The article is about the roadwork that is scheduled to be done.

My question is: What exactly is LINGKARAN? It's not a roundabout, is it?

Thanks
AniseK
Malaysia
Local time: 02:27
district ring road
Explanation:
Many bilingual Google hits support this translation of "lingkaran".

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-21 16:33:35 GMT)
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/archive/index.php/t-383890-p-3...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-21 19:15:25 GMT)
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or better: Inner ring road in the area of (name of town)
Selected response from:

Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:27
Grading comment
Thank you everyone for your suggestions, I wish Proz would allow me to reward points to multiple aswerer, because I also like Yam2u answer! But since in Malaysia, people are more familiar with Ring road, I'll go with Jo's answer. Yes, it is about road, a list of roads to be upgraded.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1A BELT IN THE (Name of the town) REGION/DISTRICT
yam2u
3 +2district ring road
Jo Bennett
3 +1perimeter
Hikmat Gumilar
4the location(s) surrounding the area of XXX
Archipelago (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lingkaran
perimeter


Explanation:
or boundary

Hikmat Gumilar
Indonesia
Local time: 01:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian, Native in SundaneseSundanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Archipelago (X): Or: "on the perimeter of the area XXX"
8 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A BELT IN THE (Name of the town) REGION/DISTRICT


Explanation:
that is how i would translate it.

a roadway encircling a town is usually called a "belt" or "beltway".

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-21 16:26:51 GMT)
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no, it's not a roundabout.

yam2u
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Archipelago (X): But is it a road (jalan lingkaran) or the surrounding area. Further context is necessary.
7 hrs
  -> i think it refers to the actual area being marked/cleared for the roadway. or beltway, as it's called in the US or "ring road" (per jo bennet) if asker prefers the british term instead.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
district ring road


Explanation:
Many bilingual Google hits support this translation of "lingkaran".

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-21 16:33:35 GMT)
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/archive/index.php/t-383890-p-3...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-21 19:15:25 GMT)
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or better: Inner ring road in the area of (name of town)

Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you everyone for your suggestions, I wish Proz would allow me to reward points to multiple aswerer, because I also like Yam2u answer! But since in Malaysia, people are more familiar with Ring road, I'll go with Jo's answer. Yes, it is about road, a list of roads to be upgraded.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Archipelago (X): "Ring road" would be "jalan lingakaran" -- so your answer would be correct if the context supports it.
7 hrs
agree  mizuan: in Malaysia, "Jalan Lingkaran" is ring road
7 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the location(s) surrounding the area of XXX


Explanation:
If the context is similar to the following (from a web page):-

"Terletak pada lokasi lingkaran dalam kawasan Grande Family Estate" which would be "Situated in the location(s) surrounding the area of XXX".

It is always best to give a full sentence (or more) as the context if possible.

Archipelago (X)
Local time: 03:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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