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

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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, 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 (13 total; 4 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #24095 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
265 x43 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.383.75 (8 ratings)3.00 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
-1
1
आजच्या युगाचा, निदान विकसित जगातला, केंद्र विषय म्हणजे लोक नीरवतेसाठी आसुसलेले असतात, पण त्यांना ती अजिबात मिळत नाही
Flows well
Very good ​descriptio​n
Lalita Marathe
आवाजामुळे मानवजात स्वतःला थकवून टाकत आहे
Other
good expla​nation of ​the fact
Lalita Marathe
चित्त-केंद्रित होण्यास वाहून घेतलेल्या एकांतस्थळात असो
Other
good descr​iption
Lalita Marathe
-1
1
हवा भरलेले टायर येण्यापूर्वी शहरातील रस्त्यांवर धातूच्या धावा असणार्‍या चाकांचा आणि फरसबंदीवरील घोड्यांच्या टापांचा कान बधीर करणारा खणखणाट असायचा
Good term selection
Lalita Marathe
अवकाश शांततेने
Good term selection
Lalita Marathe
-1
1
भीती आपले हातपाय पसरते, उपजत प्रेरणेने कान कुठलीही चाहूल टिपण्याचा प्रयत्न करतात, मग तो आगीचा फुत्कार असो,की पक्ष्याची साद,किंवा पानांची सळसळ,
Good term selection
Angela Sontakey
Entry #23017 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
502 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.893.11 (9 ratings)2.67 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
कर्णकर्कश
Good term selection
Sudha Sathaye
सुन्न
Good term selection
Angela Sontakey
Entry #23458 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
1001 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.953.00 (9 ratings)2.89 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
शांततेची आस
Flows well
good selec​tion of wo​rds
Rajashree Pathak
स्वैच्छिक एकलकोंडेपणा
Other
apt words
Lalita Marathe
-1
1
नाटके आणि संगीत नाटके तर पसंतीच्या आणि नापसंतीच्या आरोळ्यांनी दुमदुमत
Good term selection
Yamini Jadhav
ठिणगीचा आवाज असेल, पक्ष्यांची चिवचिव असेल किंवा पानांची सळसळ असेल
Flows well
good selec​tion of wo​rds
Rajashree Pathak
Entry #22535 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
142 x41 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.193.38 (8 ratings)3.00 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
1
हे सर्व म्हणजे कधीच न संपणारा एक कोलाहल आणि अनावश्यक व्यत्यय आहेत. मानवजात स्वतःला या कोलाहलात दमवून टाकत आहे आणि त्याच्या विरुद्ध गोष्टीची, म्हणजे शांततेची, आस धरते आहे--
Flows well
very good ​term as को​लाहल
Sudha Sathaye
स्वैच्छिक
Good term selection
perfect te​rm
rashmisathe
विरोधाभास डोकावतो
Flows well
Sharmila Naik
तेव्हा ती हवीहवीशी वाटण्याऐवजी चिंताक्रांत करते
Flows well
Uddhav Godbole


Non-finalist entries

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

Entry #23453 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.732.78 (9 ratings)2.67 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 2 "like" tags
दुर्मिळ
Flows well
Sudha Sathaye
वणव्य़ाचा ध्वनी
Good term selection
Sudha Sathaye
Entry #23633 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.50 (8 ratings)2.50 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #22933 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.402.29 (7 ratings)2.50 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #23045 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.252.38 (8 ratings)2.11 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #22988 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.072.14 (7 ratings)2.00 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
भ्रमणध्वनीसंचांवरचे ऐच्छिक एकलकोंडेपण
Flows well
Good trans​lation
Uddhav Godbole
देवदार वृक्षांच्या घनदाट अरण्यात, उघड्या वाळवंटात, अचानक रिकाम्या झालेल्या खोलीत – तेव्हा ती बरेचदा स्वागतार्ह असण्यापेक्षा निराशादायक ठरते.
Flows well
स्वागतार्ह​ very goo​d word
Sudha Sathaye
पक्षाचा चिवचिवाट असो, पानांची सळसळ असो,
Good term selection
Sudha Sathaye
Entry #23716 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.031.80 (5 ratings)2.25 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 2 "like" tags
वाहतुकीची व्रर्दळ,
Flows well
Sudha Sathaye
विवंचना
Good term selection
Sudha Sathaye
Entry #24260 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.00 (4 ratings)2.00 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #23015 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.00 (5 ratings)2.00 (4 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
+1
2
आपणहूनच स्वत:स एकाकी करून घेण्या आधी
Good term selection
Uddhav Godbole
Entry #23960 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.931.86 (7 ratings)2.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags