Indonesian term
United Kingdom
Legal, Medical and Technical Translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Indonesian to English, Malay to English
RT/RW Rukun Tetangga/Rukun Warga
| 5 +1 | Neighborhood unit / Community unit |
Elfi Liu
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| 5 +1 | Neighborhood Association/Residents Association |
Edward Thornton
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| 5 | Neighbourhood Head |
Jade Sciberras
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Proposed translations
Neighborhood unit / Community unit
RW --> Community unit
The Jakarta Post and several research papers use these terms.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294886072_The_Role_...
https://journal.lppmunindra.ac.id/index.php/STRING/article/v...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3350693
https://repository.its.ac.id/393/1/3212201001-paper.pdf
https://eprosiding.idbbali.ac.id/index.php/senada/article/do...
https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/jsinbis/article/downl...
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-06-23 17:13:10 GMT)
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Example sentences are from The Jakarta Post articles.
It is such relieving news to know that people can now renew their identity cards without recommendation from community unit (RW) and neighborhood unit (RT) heads.
Jakarta Governance Bureau head Premi Lasari has said leaders of the city’s many neighborhood units (RT) and community units (RW) had initiated efforts to protect vulnerable groups from COVID-19 transmission.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/06/02/do-people-still-need-rt-rw-heads.html
http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_5_No_10_1_October_2015/5.pdf
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Native in: English 
Works in: Indonesian to English, English, English to Indonesian, and 1 more.
Neighborhood Association/Residents Association
| Hi Edward, thanks for taking the time to reply. |
| agree |
Tantie Kustiantie
: This Neighborhood usually consist of 40 houses
2 days 9 hrs
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| neutral |
D. I. Verrelli
: An "Association" to me has the connotation of an NGO/group that residents would set up themselves and (at their own discretion) opt into. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_association
2 days 23 hrs
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Very valid point! I think I will switch to using Unit rather than Association, since an RT is certainly not a voluntary association.
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Australia
Indonesian to English NAATI Translator
Native in: English (Variant: Australian)
Works in: Indonesian to English, English to Indonesian
Discussion
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/indonesian-to-english/certificate...
from https://repository.its.ac.id/393/1/3212201001-paper.pdf
(cited by Elfi Liu).
—DIV
from https://repository.its.ac.id/393/1/3212201001-paper.pdf
(cited by Elfi Liu).
—DIV