Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
edgy calmness
Indonesian translation:
ketenangan yang memendam resah
English term
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Indonesian & Javanese
Native in: Indonesian 
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edgy calmness
How can these contradictory phrase possibly be nicely translated? Please help.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
Indonesia
Legal, Marketing, Biz, Software, Games
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia) 
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
ketenangan yang memendam resah
Terlihat tenang di permukaan, tetapi di dalamnya berpusar rasa resah yang siap menggolak keluar dan menerkam sirna segenap ketenangan itu
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Indonesia
Translation that is a joy to read
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia)
Works in: English to Indonesian
rasa tenang bersirat gelisah
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Note added at 26 mins (2012-09-13 12:30:39 GMT)
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duh lupa diedit jawabannya. mestinya "rasa tenang bersirat resah".
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Indonesia
True To Own Word
Native in: Indonesian
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
ketenangan semu
http://bahasa.kemdiknas.go.id/kbbi/index.php
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Indonesia
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Native in: Indonesian
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
ketenangan dahsyat
Kalau frasanya 'weird edgy calmness', bisa diterjemahkan jadi 'ketenangan dahsyat yang tak biasa'.
IMO
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Indonesia
Creating value in your business
Native in: Indonesian (Variants: Standard-Indonesia, Javanese)
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English, English to Javanese, and 1 more.
ketenangan yang mengecoh
An Edgy Calm in Fallujah
http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001542.html
After the recent unrest there is an edgy calm in the capital.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/edgy
Steril dari kata-kata putus asa itu. Ini bisa jadi indikasi dari ketenangan yang mengecoh. Bisa jadi ketenangan itu untuk menutupi kegelisahan. Atau malah kegalauan di hati Anas? Ataukah ketakutan yang mendalam?
http://menjadinasionalis.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/kritik-seg...
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Indonesia
Marketing, Business, IT and Education...
Native in: Indonesian , Javanese
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English, English to Javanese
ketenangan yang membuncah
buncah: (2) gelisah; kacau (tentang hati atau pikiran)
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