Mesyuarat diteruskan kecuali jika kuorum tidak cukup.

Diteruskan means continued, carried on, or in this context more naturally proceeded with / allowed to continue.

It is built from:

• terus = continue / go on / direct
• -kan = makes it a verb meaning continue something
• di- = passive marker

So:

• meneruskan mesyuarat = to continue the meeting
• mesyuarat diteruskan = the meeting is continued / the meeting proceeds

In formal English, this sentence could be understood as The meeting continues unless there is not enough quorum or more naturally The meeting will proceed unless the quorum is insufficient.

Malay often uses the passive in formal, official, or procedural language, especially when the doer is obvious or unimportant.

Here, the focus is on the meeting, not on who is continuing it.

• Mesyuarat diteruskan... = The meeting is continued...
• Active version: Mereka meneruskan mesyuarat... = They continue the meeting...

The passive sounds more neutral and more like the wording you might see in rules, minutes, or regulations.

Yes. Kecuali jika is a formal way to say unless.

Literally:

• kecuali = except
• jika = if

So together, kecuali jika = except if = unless

This is a very common formal structure in written Malay.

A close alternative is melainkan jika, which also means unless and is often used in formal writing.

Both jika and kalau can mean if, but they differ in style.

• jika = more formal, more common in writing, official language, and rules
• kalau = more conversational and everyday

Since this sentence sounds like something from a meeting procedure or official text, jika fits better.

So:

• kecuali jika = formal
• kecuali kalau = possible, but less formal

Malay often does not use a separate verb like is/are in sentences like this.

So:

• kuorum tidak cukup literally looks like quorum not enough
• but it means the quorum is not sufficient or there is not enough quorum

This is normal Malay structure. Adjectives such as cukup can act as the predicate directly.

Compare:

• Dia penat = He is tired
• Bilik itu besar = That room is big
• Kuorum tidak cukup = The quorum is insufficient

It means that the required quorum has not been met — in other words, there are not enough members present for the meeting to validly continue.

Even though quorum already refers to a required minimum, Malay can still say:

• kuorum tidak cukup = quorum is not sufficient / quorum is lacking

In practice, this means:

• the number of people present is below the required minimum

A slightly more formal alternative would be:

• kuorum tidak mencukupi
• bilangan ahli tidak mencukupi untuk kuorum
• tidak mencapai kuorum

But kuorum tidak cukup is understandable and natural enough.

Both work, but they feel slightly different in style.

• tidak cukup = not enough; simple and direct
• tidak mencukupi = insufficient; a bit more formal and polished

So:

• kuorum tidak cukup sounds straightforward
• kuorum tidak mencukupi sounds more formal or official

In many procedural or legal contexts, learners may also see expressions like:

• jika kuorum tidak mencukupi
• sekiranya kuorum tidak mencukupi

So the original sentence is fine, but there are more formal-sounding alternatives.

The original sentence is framed around a default action with an exception:

• default: Mesyuarat diteruskan = the meeting continues
• exception: kecuali jika kuorum tidak cukup = unless the quorum is insufficient

That is slightly different in emphasis from:

• Mesyuarat diteruskan jika kuorum cukup = the meeting continues if the quorum is sufficient

Both are logical, but the focus changes:

• kecuali jika... tidak cukup highlights the exception
• jika... cukup highlights the condition

This is not considered a bad or confusing double negative in Malay. It is a normal way to express unless there is not enough quorum.

Malay verbs usually do not show tense by themselves, so diteruskan does not automatically mean only present or only future.

The sentence could mean different things depending on context:

• The meeting continues...
• The meeting will continue...
• The meeting is to continue...
• The meeting shall continue...

In a procedural or official context, English often translates it as something like:

• The meeting shall continue unless the quorum is insufficient or
• The meeting will proceed unless there is insufficient quorum

If you want to make the future explicit in Malay, you could say:

• Mesyuarat akan diteruskan kecuali jika kuorum tidak cukup.

Yes. Kuorum is the standard Malay spelling of the English loanword quorum.

It is commonly used in:

• meetings
• committees
• company rules
• legal or administrative contexts

So this is a normal formal Malay word, not an unusual or invented one.

Yes. Here are some common alternatives with slightly different levels of formality:

• Mesyuarat diteruskan kecuali jika kuorum tidak mencukupi.
• Mesyuarat akan diteruskan sekiranya kuorum mencukupi.
• Mesyuarat diteruskan melainkan jika kuorum tidak cukup.
• Mesyuarat hanya diteruskan jika kuorum cukup.

These all relate to the same basic idea, but the nuance changes:

• kecuali jika / melainkan jika = unless
• hanya... jika = only if
• sekiranya = a more formal if
• mencukupi = more formal than cukup

So the original sentence is perfectly valid, but it belongs to a formal, procedural style.