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17th Translation Contest: "The Sounds of Silence" » English to Ukrainian

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Source text in English

A theme of the age, at least in the developed world, is that people crave silence and can find none. The roar of traffic, the ceaseless beep of phones, digital announcements in buses and trains, TV sets blaring even in empty offices, are an endless battery and distraction. The human race is exhausting itself with noise and longs for its opposite—whether in the wilds, on the wide ocean or in some retreat dedicated to stillness and concentration. Alain Corbin, a history professor, writes from his refuge in the Sorbonne, and Erling Kagge, a Norwegian explorer, from his memories of the wastes of Antarctica, where both have tried to escape.

And yet, as Mr Corbin points out in "A History of Silence", there is probably no more noise than there used to be. Before pneumatic tyres, city streets were full of the deafening clang of metal-rimmed wheels and horseshoes on stone. Before voluntary isolation on mobile phones, buses and trains rang with conversation. Newspaper-sellers did not leave their wares in a mute pile, but advertised them at top volume, as did vendors of cherries, violets and fresh mackerel. The theatre and the opera were a chaos of huzzahs and barracking. Even in the countryside, peasants sang as they drudged. They don’t sing now.

What has changed is not so much the level of noise, which previous centuries also complained about, but the level of distraction, which occupies the space that silence might invade. There looms another paradox, because when it does invade—in the depths of a pine forest, in the naked desert, in a suddenly vacated room—it often proves unnerving rather than welcome. Dread creeps in; the ear instinctively fastens on anything, whether fire-hiss or bird call or susurrus of leaves, that will save it from this unknown emptiness. People want silence, but not that much.

The winning entry has been announced in this pair.

There were 23 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 4 of which were selected by peers to advance to the finals round. The winning entry was determined based on finals round voting by peers.

Competition in this pair is now closed.


Entries (23 total; 4 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #24314 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
5411 x43 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.183.27 (11 ratings)3.09 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
+1
прагнення людей до тиші, яке вони не в змозі задовольнити
Flows well
Konstantin Berezutsky
+1
незайманій природі
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
оглушливо
Flows well
milamlnk
Доки пасажири добровільно не занурилися в мобільні телефони, в автобусах і поїздах точилися жваві розмови
Flows well
Svitlana Matvieieva
точилися жваві розмови
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
лунали
Flows well
milamlnk
Entry #23924 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
377 x44 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.213.33 (12 ratings)3.09 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 5 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (5 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
+2
інформаційні повідомлення
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
+2
закутку, сповненому спокою і зосередження
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
+1
були наповнені оглушливим брязканням металевих коліс та кінських підків
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
рекламували його щоголосу
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
-1
1
Вухо інстинктивно чіпляється за будь-що, що врятує від цієї невідомої порожнечі: шипіння вогню, щебетання пташки або шелест листя.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #23618 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
253 x45 x23 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.253.10 (10 ratings)3.40 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (4 total agrees)
+1
какофонію
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
+2
затишному куточку для набуття спокою і концентрації
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
+1
а розхвалюючи його на весь голос
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #23560 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
231 x46 x27 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.443.33 (12 ratings)3.54 (13 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
невгамовне дзеленчання телефонів,
Flows well
milamlnk
гучні оголошення
Flows well
milamlnk
+1
горланили про нього на всі голоси
Flows well
Svitlana Matvieieva
+1
мішанина схвальних вигуків та свисту.
Flows well
Helen4
+1
Навіть у селі жодна робота не обходилася без пісень.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
тріскіт багаття, переспіви птахів, шелестіння дерев
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko


Non-finalist entries

The following entries were not selected by peers to advance to finals-round voting.

Entry #23581 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.053.09 (11 ratings)3.00 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
волають
Flows well
Anastasiia M
нескінченна канонада
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
на лоні природи
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #23836 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.053.00 (10 ratings)3.09 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
перекрикували один одного, щосили розхвалюючи свій товар, щоб той не лишився лежати купою непотребу
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
глуму
Good term selection
Anastasiia M
Entry #23204 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.043.18 (11 ratings)2.90 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
лунав гамір
Good term selection
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #22745 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.952.89 (9 ratings)3.00 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 5 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
Сьогодні
Good term selection
Kostiantyn Kovalenko
+1
пустках Антарктиди
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
вони обидва спробували ізолюватися, кожен у свій спосіб.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
крам
Flows well
Helen4
вимальовується
Flows well
Helen4
Entry #23917 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.953.00 (10 ratings)2.90 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
осередком хаосу
Flows well
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #22723 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
BarVick
BarVick
Ukraine
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.913.00 (11 ratings)2.82 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
сьогодення
Good term selection
I like it
Kostiantyn Kovalenko
+2
панує
Good term selection
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #24020 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.882.92 (12 ratings)2.83 (12 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
але насолодитися нею сповна не виходить
Flows well
Anastasiia M
шукає прихистку у своєму кабінеті в Сорбонні
Flows well
Anastasiia M
горлали щодуху
Flows well
Anastasiia M
поклик птаха,
Flows well
Helen4
Entry #24194 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.872.82 (11 ratings)2.91 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
Характерна риса
Good term selection
Kostiantyn Kovalenko
безугавне
Flows well
Anastasiia M
пустельні простори
Flows well
Andrii Horishnyi
-1
1
дзвеніла піснями селян
Flows well
Elena Henderson (X)
Entry #23387 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.752.75 (8 ratings)2.75 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
кам'яних бруківках вулиць
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #23798 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.752.90 (10 ratings)2.60 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
гомоніли пасажири
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
Торговці газетами, так само як і продавці вишень, квітів чи свіжої риби, рекламували свій товар у весь голос, а не сиділи у цілковитій тиші перед ним.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
До нас підкрадається страх, ми прислуховуємося до будь-чого, що відволіче від такої незвіданої пустоти: чи то до тріску вогню, пташиного співу, чи то до шелесту листя.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #23948 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.642.82 (11 ratings)2.45 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
надміру
Good term selection
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #23485 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
May-K
May-K
Ukraine
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.602.50 (10 ratings)2.70 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Ґвалт вуличного руху
Flows well
Helen4
Entry #22582 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.33 (6 ratings)2.67 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Людям необхідна тиша, але ж не на стільки.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #22606 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.67 (3 ratings)2.33 (3 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Вимальовується ще один парадокс
Flows well
Anastasiia M
Entry #22651 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Yelena Z.
Yelena Z.
United States
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.50 (4 ratings)2.50 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 4 "like" tags
розхвалювали його у весь голос
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
гнучи горба
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
Жах заповзає в душу
Good term selection
Iryna Khramchenko
слух інстинктивно хапається аби за що – шипіння багаття, крик самотнього птаха, шарудіння листя тощо – за те, що врятує від цієї незнаної порожнечі.
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #24202 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.40 (5 ratings)2.60 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
ніж в колишні часи
Flows well
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #23371 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.382.50 (4 ratings)2.25 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
репет
Good term selection
вдалий виб​ір слова
Anastasiia M
бряжчанням коліс з металевою оправою
Flows well
Iryna Khramchenko
Entry #22357 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.332.33 (3 ratings)2.33 (3 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
Напередодні ери пневматичних шин
Flows well
Svitlana Matvieieva
Entry #22519 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Andrey
Andrey
Ukraine
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.131.00 (4 ratings)1.25 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags