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

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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 13 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 3 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 (13 total; 3 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #23750 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
shorty88
shorty88
سلوفانيا
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
367 x44 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry4.123.83 (6 ratings)4.40 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 5 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (5 total agrees)
Človeštvo
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
+1
iskanju miru in zbranosti.
Flows well
Tina Mesec
oglušujočega žvenketa
Good term selection
Sergej Smolič
+2
1
odobravajočih hurajev in jeznih izžvižgavanj.
Flows well
Tina Mesec
+2
1
uho se nagonsko oklene kakršnega koli zvoka
Flows well
Zala Kokalj
Entry #23305 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
244 x42 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.603.80 (5 ratings)3.40 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
i nikoli ni uslišan
Flows well
Naiad
+1
odmaknili od soljudi
Good term selection
Ajda V
a ne tako zelo
Good term selection
Naiad
Entry #24274 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Taddeo
Taddeo
سلوفانيا
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
161 x44 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.843.67 (6 ratings)4.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 9 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
Človeštvo
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
izčrpava samega sebe s hrupom
Flows well
Naiad
+1
črpajoč iz spominov
Flows well
Tina Mesec
+1
utapljale v ropotu
Good term selection
Sergej Smolič
topotu
Flows well
Sergej Smolič
kamor bi se utegnila prikrasti tišina
Flows well
Naiad
prasket ognja
Good term selection
Sergej Smolič
ptičji ščebet
Good term selection
Sergej Smolič
šelestenje listov
Good term selection
Sergej Smolič


Non-finalist entries

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

Entry #22846 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Irenay
Irenay
سلوفانيا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.543.57 (7 ratings)3.50 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 6 "like" tags
– vsaj v razvitem svetu –
Other
Great intr​oduction o​f addition​.
Tina Mesec
Človeška vrsta
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
najsi
Flows well
Tina Mesec
doživljanju tišine in zbranosti.
Flows well
Tina Mesec
prejkone
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
prejkone razdraži
Flows well
Zala Kokalj
Entry #23651 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Ajda V
Ajda V
أستراليا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.504.00 (4 ratings)3.00 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
cvrčanje ognja, oglašanje ptičev ali šelestenje listo
Flows well
Splošno le​p, tekoč s​log
Mitja
Entry #23030 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.453.50 (6 ratings)3.40 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 2 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
+1
bodisi v divjini bodisi na širnem morju ali v kakšnem počitniškem kraju, namenjenem spokoju in zbiranju misli.
Flows well
Tina Mesec
+2
protislovje.
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
Entry #23038 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
VanjaZS
VanjaZS
سلوفانيا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.093.17 (6 ratings)3.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
prasketanja ognja, ptičjega klica ali šelestenja listov
Flows well
splošno le​p slog
Mitja
Entry #23795 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Maja Pecaric
Maja Pecaric
إيطاليا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.882.50 (4 ratings)3.25 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #22742 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Robert Jurić
Robert Jurić
سلوفانيا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.632.25 (4 ratings)3.00 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #23225 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.602.40 (5 ratings)2.80 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
kaos hurajev in izžvižgavanja.
Good term selection
Tina Mesec
Entry #23147 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.211.75 (4 ratings)2.67 (3 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #23426 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.211.75 (4 ratings)2.67 (3 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #23440 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Gregor Adlesic
Gregor Adlesic
سلوفانيا
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.881.75 (4 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags