Bukti untuk Pertunjukan

By Speak Indo, original reading practice from the Speak Indo course.

Proof for the Performance. A director asks a writer to demonstrate that an ambitious ending will work on stage.

The dialogue, line by line

1. Saya mengharapkan pertunjukan yang terasa nyata.
   I expect a performance that feels real.
2. Saya bisa membuktikan bahwa rencana ini akan berhasil.
   I can prove that this plan will work.
3. Bagaimana masa depan tokoh utamanya?
   What is the main character's future like?
4. Dia harus memilih antara cinta dan ketakutan.
   She has to choose between love and fear.
5. Kalau ceritanya tidak jelas, penonton akan gigit jari.
   If the story is unclear, the audience will be left disappointed.
6. Saya akan menunjukkan akhir ceritanya saat latihan.
   I will show the ending during rehearsal.
7. Kapan para pemain bisa mencobanya?
   When can the actors try it?
8. Saat latihan sore ini. Saya sudah menyiapkan adegannya.
   At rehearsal this afternoon. I have prepared the scene.
9. Baik. Setelah latihan, kita nilai lagi bersama.
   Okay. After rehearsal, we will evaluate it together.
10. Setuju. Saya akan memperbaiki bagian yang masih lemah.
    Agreed. I will improve any parts that are still weak.

Vocabulary in this dialogue

• saya, I
• mengharapkan, to expect / hope for
• yang, which / who / that (relativizer)
• nyata, real
• bisa, can
• membuktikan, to prove
• bahwa, that (conjunction)
• rencana, plan
• ini, this
• akan, will (future)
• bagaimana, how
• masa depan, the future