Translation issues In the original German was a sentence Vor dem Dalang liegt auch kein Bananenstrunk der die Puppen aufnimmt sondern ein Plangkan eine Art Tisch mit L chern in der Tischplatte auf dem die ben tigten Puppen bereit gestellt werden I am changing this to simply In front of the Dalang is a Plangkan a type of table with holes punched in its surface on which the necessary puppets sit ready for use I think but am not certain that the that the untranslated part is more or less a joke roughly that there what is on the table is not a foo foo drink for the puppets If anyone with better German than me thinks I m wrong and there is something more substantial here please restore the appropriate phrase Thanks Another sentence with which I had trouble Die Figuren dieser Schattenspiele waren Wayang Golek normale Kopfgestalt durch einen da mit verbundenen Stab auf dem Rumpf drehbar Arme durch je ein Stab der an der Hand befestigt ist beweglich geschnitzte bemalte und bekleidete Figuren die an F den gezogen wurden Malereien auf Schautafeln oder geweihte und verkleidete Menschen I ve rendered this The figures in these puppet plays were wayang golek normally a head assembly connected by a straight stick to a trunk allowing the head to swivel Arms were attached to a separate staff allowing hand motions carved painted and dressed figures manipulated via threads or strings painted dioramas or sanctified and dressed humans but that may not be quite right If you know better please correct the article and make a note here that you ve done so 18 03 1 Jun 2004 UTC Your translation seems OK Geweihte could also mean horned which would make sense in the case of demons Sanctified as in blessed makes less sense in the context 12 44 5 Jun 2004 UTC Another tricky one Wayang Klitik Figuren meist erheblich besch digt sehr zum Gaudium der Zuschauer I haven t even ventured a translation for this it has several words I don t properly know Is Gaudium perhaps the Latin word as in gaudeamus igitur 18 03 1 Jun 2004 UTC This has now been satisfactorily rendered 05 40 Jun 5 2004 UTC Another problematic sentence Aus diesem Grunde haben Wayang Klitik Figuren die zu Spielen herangezogen werden und dort Kampfszenen zu durchstehen haben Arme aus Leder I currently have this partially translated as On this basis the wayang klitik figures have die zu Spielen herangezogen werden and where battle scenes zu durchstehen haben leather arms I know that durchstehen is to stand one s ground but I still can t fully translate the sentence 18 17 1 Jun 2004 UTC This has now been satisfactorily rendered 05 40 Jun 5 2004 UTC And another Aus Jenggala und Kediri stammen die Geschichten von Raden Panji und Cindelaras die ein paar Dorfjungen mit ihren Kampfh hnen erleben The first part is From Jenggala and Kediri come the stories of Raden Panji and Cindelara I m not at all clear on the latter part My dictionary says Kampfh hnen are literally fighting cocks but can just be pugnacious people 19 46 1 Jun 2004 UTC Someone else has now simply rendered this as fighting cocks but I d consider that suspect since one can t tell from the original German I d like to find a more primary source before considering this necessarily correct 05 40 Jun 5 2004 UTC I translated it as I did because it explicitly says the boys with their X and not somthing like the two x like boys 12 44 5 Jun 2004 UTC An interesting link Wooden puppet is performed almost the same way as the wayang kulit but there is no screen in front of the puppeteer and no banana trunk to stuck the wayang In stead a Plangkan permanent wooden table with holes to support the wooden puppets is used 12 52 5 Jun 2004 UTC Hmm Looks like we could have a copyvio on our hands That would really be a pain after so much work went into a translation I m not sure quite what to do with this 02 30 Jun 6 2004 UTC I m moving the article I love the article but it is in the wrong place It should be named just wayang as it is a good overview of all the different types of wayang Wayang meaning puppet is the term for ALL Indonesian puppets Wayang Kulit is just one type of