Hi loyal readers, here's another article that I translated from the Entertainment section of the Sunstar Daily. I tried to be verbat...
Hi loyal readers, here's another article that I translated from the Entertainment section of the Sunstar Daily. I tried to be verbatim but sometimes, I need to adjust in order to make the sentence more clear and accurate.
DEAR
Noy Kulas
Tawga
lang ko og Lee, usa ka trabahante sa gobyerno sa siyudad sa Sugbo isip usa ka
public servant. Nitabang ko og usa ka foreigner nga taga Sweden nga si Kaj Eric
Backman. Nidangop siya sa among buhatan kay lagi gitulis siya sa Colon. Ang
tanan niya nga papers ug passport nadala sa kawatan. Nihangyo siya nga adto
lang una matulog sa among buhatan kay lagi kuno kuhaon siya sa iyang brother sa
pagkasunod semana. Naluoy usab mi niya, kaming duha sa akong live-in partner,
ni-decide mi nga amo siyang papuy-on sa among balay.
Just call
me Lee, an employee in the Cebu City government as a public servant. I helped one foreigner from Sweden, Kaj Eric
Backman. He took refuge in our office because he was
allegedly robbed in Colon. All his
papers and passport were taken by the thief.
He requested to sleep, for the
meantime, in our office because his brother would allegedly get him the
following week. We took pity on him, my
live-in partner and I, we decided that we will let him stay in our house.
Nipuyo
siya sa amo Pebrero karon lang tuiga, apan nilabay ang pipila nga mga adlaw, wa
man gyud nikuha niya ang iyang brother. Sa pag-stay sa among house okay ra
kaayo ug makapaka-on pud mi niya. Ang di namo gusto ang iyang pagkapalahubog
kay mogawas siya sa among balay, hubog na ang pag-uli kada gabii. Magsige siya
og katumba sa dalan ug maoy hinungdan nga mangasamad ang iyang mga lawas.
Nahadlok mi nga basin kami ang madaut kon unsay mahitabo niya.
He stayed
in our home February this year, but a few days have passed, his brother never
got him. While he is staying in our
house, it’s just fine and we could also feed him. What we dislike is his being a drunkard
because he would leave our house, but drunk upon returning home every night. He would frequently fall on the road and that’s
the reason that he would be wounded all over his body. We are scared that we might be in trouble if
something will happen to him.
Dihay usa
ka adlaw nga giatake siya sa iyang high blood ug nikirig. Amo dayon siyang
gidala sa publikong hospital. Sa iyang bill, nag-promisory note ko. Nipadala na
ako og suwat sa Embasy apan wa man gihapoy reply. Nidangop ko sa Swedish
Consulate apan wa sila nihatag og saktong pamaagi aron makatabang.
There was a day that he got a high blood pressure attack and he shook. We immediately took him to the public
hospital. I made a promissory note for
his bill. I sent a letter to the Embassy
but still there was no reply. I
approached the Swedish Consulate but they did not tell us the proper way to assist
(him).
Unsay
may among buhaton niya makauli siya sa ilang lugar. Asa mi modangop aron
motabang kanamo? Hinaut pa unta nga naay ahensya nga motabang kaniya aron siya
makapauli sa ilang lugar kay sa among nasayran usa na siya ka tuig dinhi sa
Cebu.
What should
we do so that he can return to his country?
Who should we approach to help us? We hope that there is an agency that
will help him so that he can return to his country because from what we have
learned, he has been here in Cebu for one year already.
LEE
Lee,
Unsa man
nga ahensya nang imong gitrabahoan? Kon duna nay function nga naglakip sa
serbisyo publiko, mas maayo kon ang imong head maoy mopadala og official communication
ngadto sa ilang consulate isip proper protocol kay sa ikaw lang ang molihok.
Ingon ana gyud ang usual channel ug maoy proper way sa ingon niana nga
sitwasyon.
What agency
is that that you are working in? If that has
a function that includes public service, it would be better if your head will
send an official communication to their consulate as a proper protocol instead
of you who will work on it. That is the
usual channel and the proper way in that situation.
Pahibaw-a
usab ninyo ang Bureau of Immigration kabahin sa kahimtang nianang tawhana.
Inform the
Bureau of Immigration concerning the situation of that person.
Basin
mi-expire na ang visa, mapahibawo sab sa BI ang ilang consulate bahin sa status
sa ilang citizen dinhi. Nagtuo ko nga di sila mohimog action kon way urgency sa
ilang citizen dinhi, unless siya mismo ang mangayo og panabang.
Maybe the
visa has expired, the BI can inform their consulate concerning the status of
their citizen here. I believe that they
won’t take any action if there is no urgency about their citizen here, unless
he himself will ask for help.
Hutda
ang tanang mga pamaagi aron matabangan siya kon gusto siyang mopauli na. Okay
ra man nang magpapuyo mo, apan kon anha ra sab siya magsalig ninyo, di na sab
na maayo. Abuso na gyud na.
Exhaust all
methods to help him if he wants to return home. Making someone live with you is fine, but if
he just depends on you, then that is no longer a good thing. That’s really abusing (your kindness).
Basta sa
ako nang giingon, subaya ang proper channel ug protocol kon communication na
ang hisgutan.
As what I
have already said, follow the proper channel and protocol pertaining
to communication.
NOY
KULAS
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