Ternyata saya masih ada satu gig translating lagi setelah saya pikir pekerjaan saya sudah habis minggu lalu. Saya sedikit lega karena tidak perlu keluar-keluar dulu sekarang. Seminggu terakhir ini saya masih ke kantor klien, tapi sudah tidak ada lagi responden yang diwawancara langsung, dan semua orang yang mendengarkan suara terjemahan saya juga melakukannya dari jauh. Rasanya terlalu riskan, untuk saat ini, kalau tetap memaksakan semua orang datang untuk berbicara dan bekerja.
Omong-omong, tadi waktu lihat di berita, situasi di Cina sudah mulai membaik(?). Kan, kira-kira di sana semua mulai sedikit serius di sekitar waktu Imlek, jadi tanggal 25 Januari kemarin. (Imlek sedikit menghablur juga di ingatan saya karena kami baru saja selesai dengan kehebohan banjir awal tahun yang agak sedikit parah juga di rumah.) Jadi, ya, situasi membaik di Cina setelah sekitar dua bulan menjalani karantina.
The reason I’m saying this is because Idul Fitri is in two months, and you know how things are during Ramadhan. People gather and spend a lot of times together to pass the special month. It’s a communal thing here. And it’s a bit worrisome in so many aspect. First, if we are picking the rate every other country is going, we’ll be peaking up in cases exactly at Ramadhan. I couldn’t imagine the health workers having to work even more intense when they also have to fast.
Another angle is the communal aspect of Ramadhan here. Even if you’re not observing it, you’d celebrate it. It’s basically festivity in the air for the whole month. You wake up early for sahur with your family – or friends if you don’t live with your family, you wait the day pass with friends at office or schools or anywhere you are, you have fast-breaking events, school and working hours adjust their timing, and of course the taraweh prayers every night. It’s hard to imagine that many people would have to do it alone and quiet this year. I guess no one would want it to happen this way. But seeing how things are right now, it does seem unavoidable.
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