English for Tourist Guide

English for Tourist Guide

By: Aris Darmapati

English is very important in tourism business. As a global language, English language can be easily used by the guides. English alleviate the job. So, in order to improve guide’s proficiency, there are some points that need to be considered by a tourist guide, they are:

Tourism Location

A tourist guide must understand the tourism sites to ensure the absence of errors in his work. It is useful when a guide wants to explain the location or condition of tourism spot to the tourists. A guide needs to learn or find out much information related with to the location. A guide must find a variety of information related to the site. He or she can read from various sources such as books, magazines, or through interviews with local residents.

History

In Bali, it is important for a guide to know about the history of a tourism object or site. So a guide must read a lot of history books. He or she must understand the various myths and beliefs that exist in the local community. A guide should know about Hindu history, sacred places, temples, caves and others. It means the more knowledge about history, the easier the job of a guide. Because of the complexity of history, a guide has to work hard enough to master it.

Culture & Local Community

It is similar with the history; local culture and community need to be understood by a guide. In Bali, a Balinese person who becomes a tourist guide feels easier to explain his or her culture to the tourists. Seeing this advantage, the guide should improve his or her knowledge about the culture. Sometimes, culture and local community become the main allure in the tourism sector and need to be explored by a guide.

Talk and Talk

It is better if a tourist guide talks a lot. A guide has to talk to the entire tourist as often as possible. Tourists need a radio that moves and keeps talking. So, tourists will not bother asking him or her anymore if everything has been explained by the guide. Finally, if they feel a lack of something, then they will ask.

Vocabulary & Translation Problems

Vocabulary and translation become problems in tourist guiding. Sometimes, Balinese vocabularies are untranslatable. We are unable to translate some words into English, for example:

-          Sesari

-          Kukul

-          Penjor

-          Sanggah

-          Lungsuran

-          Bungkak

-          Bungsil

-          Klepan

-          Danyuh

-          Busung

These words are untranslatable into English; so, a guide needs to find the closest meaning of those words. Explaining the function or description of each word can help the tourists in understanding it.

English for Economy / Business

No	Kata Kerja (Bhs Inggris)	Kata Kerja (Bhs Indonesia)
1	ADJUSTED BALANCE	Saldo setelah penyesuaian
2	ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE	Neraca saldo penyesuaian
3	ACTUAL LIABILITY	Hutang nyata
4	ACTUAL PRICE	Harga sesungguhnya
5	ACTUAL QUANTITY	Kwalitas sesungguhnya
6	ACTUAL COST	Biaya sesungguhnya
7	ACTUAL FACTORY OVERHEAD	overhead sesungguhnya
8	ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE	Neraca saldo penyesuaian
9	ADJUSTING ENTRIES	Ayat jurnal penyesuaian
10	Allowance for inventory decline to market	Cadangan penurunan nilai persediaan
11	ASSET APPROACH	Pendekatan aktifa
12	AMORTIZATION	Penyusutan atas harta tak berwujud
13	ACCOUNT	Perkiraan
14	ACCOUNTING INSTRUCTION	Intruksi akuntansi
15	ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE	Akuntansi dasar
16	ACCOUNTING PERIOD	Periode akuntansi
17	ACCOUNTING INCOME	Laba akuntansi
18	ACCOUNTANT FEE EXPENSE	Biaya akuntan
19	ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE	Prosedur akuntansi
20	BALANCE SHEET	Neraca
21	AUDITOR	Pemerikasa keuangan
22	AUDIT PLANNING	Rencana pereiksaan
23	AUDIT FEE	Pendapatan audit
24	ACCRUED TAX PAYABLE	Hutang pajak
25	ACCRUED INTERS PAYABLE	Bunga terhutang
26	ACCRUED WAGES PAYABLE	Upah terhutang
27	AVERAGE METHOD	Metode rata-rata
28	BALANCE PER BANK	Saldo menurut bank
29	BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENT	Laporan keuangan pokok
30	BANK STATEMENT	Rekening koran
31	BALANCE AMOUNT	keseimbangan jumlah
32	BETTERMENT	Perbaikan
33	BUDGET	Anggaran
34	BREAK EVEN PIONT	Titik pulang pokok
35	BUDGET CYCLE	Siklus Anggaran
36	CASH PAYMENT JOURNAL	Buku kas pengeluaran
37	CASH RECEIPT JOURNAL	Buku kas penerimaan
38	COST	Biaya
39	CURRENCY	Mata uang
40	CURRENCY ASSET	Harta lancar
41	DEDUCTION	Pengurangan
42	COST OF SOLD	Harga pokok barang yang di jual
43	DEFECTIVE GOODS	Produk rusak
44	DIRECT COSTING	Penetapan biaya langsung
45	DIRECT EXPENSE	Biaya langsung
46	DEFERRED GROS PROFIT ON REALIZATION	Laba kotar yang belum direalisasikan
47	DEBIT NOTE	Nota debet
48	DEPOSIT SLIP	Bukti setoran
49	EMPLOYEE EARNING STATEMENT	Laporan gaji karyawan
50	END OF MONTH TRIAL BALANCE	Daftar saldo akhir bulan
51	EQUITIES	Kekayaan
52	ECONOMIC LIFE	Umur ekomoni
53	EQUIPMENT	Peralatan
54	EARNING AFTER INTEREST AND TAXES	Pendapatan sesudah bunga dan pajak
55	EARNING AFTER TAX	Pendapatan sesudah pajak
56	EXPIRED	Kadarluasa
57	EXTRA ORDINARY LOSS	Kerugian yang luar biasa
58	EXTRA ORDINARY RETIREMENT	Penarikan aktiva sebab luar biasa
59	Fiscal Year	Tahun pajak
60	EXTRA ORDINARY REPAIRS	Perbaikan luar biasa
61	General Accounting	Aukuntansi Umum
62	General Journal	Jurnal umum
63	Furniture & fixture	Peralatan
64	Fusion	Penggabungan
65	General Ledger	Buku besar
66	Funds	Dana
67	Fraud	kecurangan
68	Inflation	Inflansi
69	Indirect Operatiing Expense	Biaya usaha tak langsung
70	Income Summary	iktiar rugi laba
71	Income Statement Account	Pendekatan laba rugi
72	Income	laba
73	Incremental cost	Biaya tambahan
73	Individual Priprietorship	perusahan perorangan
75	Indirect Departemental Expense	Biaya departemen tak langung
76	Inderect Material	Bahan baku tak langsung
77	Initial Inventory	Persediaan awal
78	Interest	Bunga
79	Interest Income	Pendapatan bunga
80	Interest ayable	Hutang bunga
81	Interest Receivable	Piutang bunga
82	Internal Audit	Pemeriksan Intern
83	Inventory	Persediaan
84	Inventory of Material	Persediaan Bahan Mentah
85	Inventory Trun Over	Perputaran persediaan
86	Input Tax	Pajak masukan
87	Installment Payable	Hutang cicilan
88	Interest Factor	Faktor bunga
89	Inventory Valuation	Penilaian Persediaan
90	Interest Expense	Biaya bunga
91	Invoice	Faktur
92	Joint cost	Biaya gabungan
93	Internal Control Questioary	Pertanyaan pengendalian Intern
94	Job order cost system	Sistem biaya pesanan
95	Job time ticket	Kartu jam kerja
96	Market Rate	Harga pasar
97	Markdown cancellation	Pembatalan penurunan harga
98	Marketing Expense	Biaya pemasaran
99	Marketing	Pemasaran
100	Market Value Of Stock Ex Right	Harga pasar saham tampa hak beli saham

No	Kata Kerja (Bhs Inggris)	Kata Kerja (Bhs Indonesia)
1	Account Receivable	Piutang
2	Actualing	Pengawasan
3	Assets	Aktiva
4	Average Cost	Biaya Rata-rata
5	Average product	Jumlah Produk Total
6	Balance sheet	Neraca
7	Bank	Bank
8	Bond	Obligasi
9	Break Event Point	Titik Impas
10	Budget	Anggaran
11	Building	Bangunan
12	Business	Bisnis
13	Buy	Membeli
14	Capital	Modal
15	Cash	Kas
16	Commodity	Komoditi
17	Common Stock	Saham Biasa
18	Competitor	Pesaing
19	Consumer	Konsumen
20	Consumtion	Konsumsi
21	Controlling	Pengontrolan
22	Cost	Biaya
23	Cost Accounting	Akuntansi Biaya
24	Cost of Goods Sold	Harga Pokok Penjualan
25	Count	Menghitung
26	Currency	Mata Uang
27	Current Asset	Harta Lancar
28	Demand	Permintaan
29	Depreciation	Depresiasi
30	Direct cost	Biaya Langsung
31	Distribution	Distribusi
32	Dividends	Deviden
33	Economis Life	Umur Ekonomis
34	Ekspektasi	Harapan
35	Embargo	Embargo
36	Equilibrium	Keseimbangan
37	Equipment	Peralatan
38	Export	Ekspor
39	Fixed Asset	Aktiva Tetap
40	Fixed Cost	Biaya Tetap
41	Forecasting	Meramalkan
42	General Ledger	Jurnal Umum
43	Grow	Tumbuh
44	Import	Impor
45	Income	Penghasilan
46	Income	Pendapatan
47	Indirect cost	Biaya tidak langsung
48	Industry	Industri
49	Inflation	Inflasi
50	Interest	Bunga
51	Inventory	Persediaan
52	Investasi	Investasi
53	Invoice	Faktur
54	Labor	Tenaga Keja
55	Labor Budget	Anggaran Tenaga Kerja
56	Labor Cost	Biaya Tenag Kerja
57	Land	Tanah
58	Lead	Memimpin
59	Lease	Sewa
60	Ledger	Buku Besar
61	Liability	Kewajiban
62	Loss	Rugi
63	Machine	Mesin
64	Manager	Manajer
65	Marginal Cost	Biaya Marjinal
66	Market	Pasar
67	Marketing	Pemasaran
68	Material	Bahan Baku
69	Mixed cost	Biaya campuran
70	Money	Uang
71	Money Capital	Modal Uang
72	Monopoly	Monopoli
73	Monopsoni	Monopsoni
74	Net Asset	Aktiva Bersih
75	Net Income	Laba Bersih
76	Net Income	Laba Bersih
77	Oligopoly	Oligopoli
78	Organizing	Organisasi
79	Payment	Pembayaran
80	Planning	Perencanaan
81	Process	Proses
82	Production	Produksi
83	Profit	Laba
84	Quality	Kualitas
85	Quantity	Kuantitas
86	Risk	resiko
87	Sales	Penjualan
88	Sales Budget	Anggaran Penjualan
89	Sales Discount	Potongan Penjualan
90	Sales Order	Order Penjualan
91	Sales Tax	Pajak Penjualan
92	Sell	Menjual
93	Selling Agent	Agen penjual
94	Services	Jasa
95	Supplies	Permintaan
96	Tax	Pajak
97	Total Cost	Total Biaya
98	Value	Nilai
99	Value Added	Nilai Tambah
100	Variable Cost	Biaya Variabel