Memandangkan kerahsiaan penting, pengantara merumuskan cadangan balas.

Here, memandangkan means considering, given that, or in view of the fact that.

In this sentence, it introduces the reason or background for the main action:

• Memandangkan kerahsiaan penting = Considering that confidentiality is important
• pengantara merumuskan cadangan balas = the mediator formulates/formulated a counterproposal

So memandangkan is not the main verb of the sentence here; it works more like a conjunction introducing a reason.

Not exactly.

Both can introduce a reason, but they feel a little different:

• kerana = because
• memandangkan = considering, given that, in view of

So:

• Kerana kerahsiaan penting... = Because confidentiality is important...
• Memandangkan kerahsiaan penting... = Given that confidentiality is important...

Memandangkan often sounds a bit more formal and is common in official, professional, or written contexts.

Kerahsiaan means confidentiality.

It comes from the root rahsia, meaning secret.
With the circumfix ke-...-an, Malay often forms an abstract noun:

• rahsia = secret
• kerahsiaan = confidentiality / secrecy

This ke-...-an pattern is very common for abstract ideas. For example:

• adil = fair
• keadilan = justice

So kerahsiaan is the abstract noun related to being secret or confidential.

Malay usually does not need a verb like is/are in simple statements of identity or description.

So:

• kerahsiaan penting literally looks like confidentiality important
• but it means confidentiality is important

This is completely normal Malay grammar.

Other examples:

• Dia sibuk = He/She is busy
• Rumah itu besar = That house is big

So the missing is is not an omission; Malay simply works that way.

Because in kerahsiaan penting, penting is the predicate adjective: it tells us something about kerahsiaan.

Malay often uses the pattern:

• noun + adjective
• meaning the noun is adjective

So:

• kerahsiaan penting = confidentiality is important

This is different from a noun phrase like rahsia penting, which would mean an important secret.

That difference matters:

• rahsia penting = an important secret
• kerahsiaan penting = confidentiality is important

Pengantara means mediator, intermediary, or go-between.

It refers to a person who stands between two sides, often to help communication or negotiation.

In this sentence, pengantara is the subject of the main clause:

• pengantara merumuskan cadangan balas
• the mediator formulates/formulated a counterproposal

Depending on context, pengantara can also sometimes mean a more general intermediary, not only a formal legal or diplomatic mediator.

Merumuskan means to formulate, to draw up, or sometimes to summarize, depending on context.

Here, the best meaning is to formulate or to draw up:

• merumuskan cadangan balas = to formulate a counterproposal

The verb comes from the root rumus. With meN- ... -kan, Malay often forms an active transitive verb, meaning a verb that takes an object.

Here the object is:

• cadangan balas

So the structure is:

• pengantara = subject
• merumuskan = active verb
• cadangan balas = object

Cadangan balas means counterproposal.

Breakdown:

• cadangan = proposal / suggestion
• balas = reply / response / counter-

Together, cadangan balas is a proposal made in response to another proposal.

Depending on context, you might also translate it as:

• a counteroffer
• a responsive proposal
• a proposal in reply

But counterproposal is the clearest match in many negotiation contexts.

In Malay, compound nouns often place the main noun first, followed by a word that narrows or explains it.

So:

• cadangan balas = a proposal of the counter/reply type

The head word is cadangan.
Balas tells you what kind of proposal it is.

This head-first pattern is common in Malay compounds.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Malay verbs usually do not change form for tense the way English verbs do. So merumuskan itself does not tell you whether the action is present or past.

It could be:

• formulates
• formulated
• sometimes even will formulate, if the context supports that

Time is usually understood from context or from time words such as:

• semalam = yesterday
• kini = now
• esok = tomorrow
• telah = already / has-had
• akan = will

So without extra context, the sentence is tense-neutral.

The comma separates the introductory clause from the main clause.

Structure:

• Memandangkan kerahsiaan penting, = introductory reason/background clause
• pengantara merumuskan cadangan balas. = main clause

In English, this works similarly:

• Considering that confidentiality is important, the mediator formulated a counterproposal.

The comma helps readability, especially in formal writing.

Yes. You could also put the main clause first, though the original order is natural and formal.

For example:

• Pengantara merumuskan cadangan balas memandangkan kerahsiaan penting.

This still means roughly the same thing:
The mediator formulated a counterproposal, considering that confidentiality is important.

However, the original version sounds smoother because Malay often places the reason or setting first in formal writing.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal and professional.

Words like these contribute to that tone:

• memandangkan
• kerahsiaan
• pengantara
• merumuskan
• cadangan balas

This kind of sentence would fit well in contexts like:

• negotiations
• legal writing
• official reports
• business or diplomatic communication

In casual everyday Malay, speakers might choose simpler wording.