Balai Pustaka (English spelling)

Japanese: バライ・プスタカ(英語表記)Balai Pustaka
Balai Pustaka (English spelling)
A cultural affairs bureau established by the Dutch colonial government in Indonesia. The idea was realized in September 1908 with the establishment of the Committee for the Promotion of Native Schools and People's Literature, and in September 1917, it was fully underway with the opening of Balai Pustaka (People's Cultural Bureau) in Batavia (now Jakarta). With the goal of improving the culture of indigenous society, it collected Western books and translated Western literary works into Malay (Indonesian), as well as collecting and publishing folk tales and chronicles from all over Indonesia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
オランダ植民地政府がインドネシアで設立した文化事業局。この構想は1908年9月に〈原住民学校および人民の図書普及委員会〉の設立として具体化したのち,17年9月,バタビア(現,ジャカルタ)でのバライ・プスタカ(民衆文化局)の開設によって本格化した。原住民社会の文化的向上を目標に,欧米の書籍の収集と西欧文学作品のマレー語(インドネシア語)への翻訳のほか,インドネシア各地の民話,年代記等の収集と出版を行った。

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