the hour is upon us

Indonesian translation: waktu telah membatasi kita

21:45 Oct 16, 2013
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English term or phrase: the hour is upon us
Apa ya artinya ungkapan "the hour is upon us"... Konteksnya adalah seorang raja yang sedang begadang dan mabuk dengan para prajuritnya... Saat malam makin larut dia merasa ngantuk dan ingin tidur.

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Yohanes Sutopo
Local time: 17:10
Indonesian translation:waktu telah membatasi kita
Explanation:
Mungkin maksud Si Raja adalah ingin bersenang-senang terus, tetapi apa boleh dikata, "Waktunya terbatas", waktunya sudah larut malam dan pesta harus segera disudahi. Jadi usulan kami tentang padanan dari, "the hour is upon us = waktu telah membatasi kita.
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Local time: 17:10
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Summary of answers provided
4kiamat hampir tiba / sebentar lagi kesialan menimpa
ErichEko ⟹⭐
4Saat itu [kan] segera datang
Iwan Munandar PhD, MITI
3malam ini milik kita
bayu diantoro
3waktu telah membatasi kita
Ahmad Ridwan Munib


  

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kiamat hampir tiba / sebentar lagi kesialan menimpa


Explanation:

Amat sangat bergantung kepada konteks, namun intinya adalah:

sebuah kesialan akan segera menimpa.

Namun, bisa juga sebaliknya (karena bule juga suka pelesetan):

kejayaan menjelang.

Tinggal lihat kelanjutan atau latar belakangnya.

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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The hour is u...
The hour is upon us = When the shit goes down.
Today Russia decided to lob 35 million nukes at the United States. The hour is upon us.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/the-hour-is-upo...
The hour is upon us
GLOBAL warming. The term has no meaning to me. They're just two over-used words I hear everywhere I go. Greenhouse emissions? Carbon prints? Doomsday clock?

ErichEko ⟹⭐
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Local time: 17:10
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malam ini milik kita


Explanation:
kalau dalam konteks di atas, sepertinya si raja benar-benar menikmati malam panjangnya, jadi saya mengusulkan padanan istilah tersebut menjadi "malam ini milik kita" IMHO.

bayu diantoro
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Saat itu [kan] segera datang


Explanation:
hour punya sejumlah arti; sangat bergantung konteks. Silakan pilih yang paling cocok.
Salah satu makna yang mungkin sesuai: 10 important time [usually singular] an important moment or period in history or in your life http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hour

5 [SINGULAR] a particular point in history or in someone's life or career ... http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/hour#h...

Makna upon yang mungkin sesuai: 4 if an event or time is upon you, it is going to happen very soon ... http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/upon

(almost) upon you
if something in the future is almost upon you, it is going to arrive or happen very soon ... http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/upon

Thus, the hour is upon us mungkin dipakai untuk menggambarkan suatu saat ketika satu kejadian sangat penting atau bersejarah akan segera terjadi, dan untuk menyesuaikan dengan nuansa genting tersebut, opsi padanan Saat itu [kan] segera datang mungkin bisa dipertimbangkan. :)

Iwan Munandar PhD, MITI
Indonesia
Local time: 17:10
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waktu telah membatasi kita


Explanation:
Mungkin maksud Si Raja adalah ingin bersenang-senang terus, tetapi apa boleh dikata, "Waktunya terbatas", waktunya sudah larut malam dan pesta harus segera disudahi. Jadi usulan kami tentang padanan dari, "the hour is upon us = waktu telah membatasi kita.

Ahmad Ridwan Munib
Indonesia
Local time: 17:10
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian, Native in JavaneseJavanese
PRO pts in category: 8
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