terjemah

Terjemah is an Indonesian word meaning to translate or render text from one language into another. In everyday usage, the act is most commonly expressed with menerjemahkan, the active form of the verb. The form terjemah appears mainly as the base or stem in dictionaries and fixed phrases; the noun for the act of translating is terjemahan, while a translator is called penerjemah or juru terjemah.

Terjemah belongs to Indonesian morphology that uses affixes such as me- for active verbs and ter- to form related or passive forms. Terjemahan as a noun refers to the product of translation, while penerjemah or juru terjemah denotes the person who translates. In practice, terjemah is used across contexts—from everyday communication and media to literature, science, and religious texts.

In academic and professional contexts, the field is referred to as kajian terjemahan (translation studies). Indonesian translation practice emphasizes accuracy, fidelity to the source, and appropriate terminology, especially in technical, legal, or scholarly texts. The term terjemah is understood across Malay-speaking communities and appears in bilingual or multilingual contexts.