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11th ProZ.com translation contest: "Contemporary society" » English to Italian

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Source text in English

We're accustomed to glamour in London SE26: Kelly Brook and Jason Statham used to live above the dentist. But when Anouska Hempel's heels hit the cracked cement of the parking space outside my flat, it's hard not to think of those Picture Post photographs of royalty visiting bombed-out families during the second world war. Her mission in my modest tract of suburbia is, however, about more than offering sympathy. Hempel—the woman who invented the boutique hotel before it bore any such proprietary name—has come to give me information for which, judging by the spreads in interiors magazines and anxious postings on online DIY forums, half the property-owners in the Western world seem desperate: how to give an ordinary home the look and the vibe of a five-star, £750-a-night hotel suite. To Hem­pelise, in this case, a modest conversion flat formed from the middle slice of a three-storey Victorian semi.

"You could do it," she says, casting an eye around my kitchen. "Anyone could do it. Absolutely no reason why not. But there has to be continuity between the rooms. A single idea must be followed through." She looks out wistfully over the fire escape. "And you'd have to buy the house next door, of course." That's a joke. I think.

...

It's worth pausing, though, to consider the oddness of this impulse. The hotel room is an amnesiac space. We would be troubled if it bore any sign of a previous occupant, particularly as many of us go to hotels in order to do things we would not do at home. We expect a hotel room to be cleaned as thoroughly as if a corpse had just been hauled from the bed. (In some cases, this will actually have happened.) The domestic interior embodies the opposite idea: it is a repository of memories. The story of its inhabitants ought to be there in the photos on the mantelpiece, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves. If hotel rooms were people, they would be smiling lobotomy patients or plausible psychopaths.

The winning entry has been announced in this pair.

There were 41 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 6 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 (41 total; 6 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #12515 — Discuss 0
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
6313 x45 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.343.50 (6 ratings)3.17 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 9 "like" tags
  • 5 users agreed with "likes" (9 total agrees)
  • 5 users disagreed with "likes" (8 total disagrees)
+1
1
Sydenham
Good term selection
Marika Mainardi
-1
+1
puro spirito umanitario
Good term selection
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
-1
1
trepidanti interventi
Good term selection
Marika Mainardi
-1
+1
1
900 euro
Good term selection
Localizzaz​ione oppor​tuna
Marika Mainardi
-1
+2
applicare lo stile Hempel
Flows well
apertisverbis
+1
Basta scegliere un'idea di fondo e seguirla con coerenza
Flows well
Marika Mainardi
spazio senza memoria
Flows well
texjax DDS PhD
-3
+1
3
Non siamo disposti a tollerare alcun segno del passaggio dei precedenti ospiti
Flows well
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
-1
+2
con un sorriso assente stampato in volto.
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #13912 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
509 x46 x22 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.532.63 (8 ratings)2.43 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 4 users agreed with "likes" (4 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (5 total disagrees)
-2
Nel distretto di Londra SE26, al glamour abbiamo ormai fatto l’abitudine
Flows well
Anna Recchia
-1
+2
1
sembra disperatamente desiderare
Flows well
Maria Elena Abbate
+1
spazio senza memoria
Flows well
texjax DDS PhD
-2
+1
Ci aspettiamo che una stanza d’albergo sia ripulita a fondo proprio come se fosse appena stato rimosso un cadavere dal letto
Flows well
Anna Recchia
Entry #12541 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
388 x406 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.612.71 (7 ratings)2.50 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 6 users agreed with "likes" (8 total agrees)
  • 9 users disagreed with "likes" (15 total disagrees)
-7
+4
2
Le celebrità non fanno più scalpore
Other
traduzione​ molto eff​icace dell​'intera fr​ase
Raffaella Berry
-6
+3
1
di una costosa suite
Good term selection
buona idea​ sostituir​e le sterl​ine con l'​aggettivo,​ è molto p​iù diretto
Laura Tosi
+1
spazio senza memoria
Flows well
texjax DDS PhD
-2
psicopatici alquanto convincenti
Flows well
mi piace q​uesta resa
Laura Tosi
Entry #12905 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
254 x44 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.33 (6 ratings)2.67 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 4 users agreed with "likes" (6 total agrees)
  • 4 users disagreed with "likes" (4 total disagrees)
-4
+3
3
Londra SE26. Al glamour ci siamo abituati:
Flows well
Sheila Rivaben
+3
assorta
Good term selection
Maria Elena Abbate
Entry #13538 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
235 x403 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.43 (7 ratings)2.57 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
battezzato
Flows well
Sheila Rivaben
+1
sembra essere alla disperata ricerca
Flows well
apertisverbis
Potresti farl
Flows well
Chiara Bertelli
-3
+1
2
ricettacolo
Good term selection
Raffaella Berry
Entry #13378 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
204 x42 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.71 (7 ratings)2.29 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
risuonano
Good term selection
TIL Ltd (X)
-1
+2
3
qualunque
Good term selection
apertisverbis
-1
+1
abbracciando con uno sguardo la mia cucina
Good term selection
Traducendo Co. Ltd
deve essere narrata
Flows well
texjax DDS PhD


Non-finalist entries

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

Entry #13586 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.422.33 (6 ratings)2.50 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #13876 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.362.14 (7 ratings)2.57 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (5 total disagrees)
-1
Però, la missione di Anouska Hempel nel mio modesto angolo di periferia è dettata da qualcosa che va al di là della semplice compassione
Flows well
Anna Recchia
-1
qualunque
Good term selection
apertisverbis
-1
spazio senza memoria
Good term selection
Anna Recchia
Entry #12850 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.342.17 (6 ratings)2.50 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (4 total disagrees)
-1
1
prima che fosse loro data questa denominazione
Good term selection
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
-1
+1
Ristrutturare secondo lo stile della Hempel
Flows well
apertisverbis
-1
corpo senza vita
Flows well
monica.m
-1
Ci aspetteremmo di poter leggere la storia dei suoi abitanti
Good term selection
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
Entry #12530 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.222.43 (7 ratings)2.00 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 5 users agreed with "likes" (5 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
-1
+1
1
non siamo nuovi al glamour
Flows well
Maria Elena Abbate
+4
1
uno slancio di compassione nei miei confronti
Flows well
Marika Costantini
attanaglia
Good term selection
apertisverbis
-2
2
senza infamia e senza lode
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #13703 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.202.20 (5 ratings)2.20 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 4 users agreed with "likes" (4 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (6 total disagrees)
-2
+1
non siamo certo a digiuno in fatto di glamour
Flows well
Marika Costantini
-3
+2
Come, cioè, imprimere il “sigillo Hempel”,
Flows well
apertisverbis
-1
+1
una miniera di ricordi
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #13808 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.202.00 (5 ratings)2.40 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
-3
+1
2
toccano
Good term selection
Maria Elena Abbate
+1
pagherebbe oro
Flows well
monica.m
Entry #13147 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.192.00 (8 ratings)2.38 (8 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
1
Trasformare secondo lo stile Hempel,
Flows well
apertisverbis
Entry #12559 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.00 (6 ratings)2.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
+2
scrigno di ricordi
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #12682 — Discuss 0
Andrea Alvisi (X)
Andrea Alvisi (X)
Belgium
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.00 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #12752 — Discuss 0
mapia
mapia
Italy
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.17 (6 ratings)1.83 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 6 users disagreed with "likes" (6 total disagrees)
-6
3
pazienti robotizzati e sorridenti o verosimili psicopatici
Good term selection
ottime esp​ressioni
Marika Costantini
Entry #12925 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.001.80 (5 ratings)2.20 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
  • 5 users disagreed with "likes" (5 total disagrees)
qualsiasi
Good term selection
apertisverbis
da cima a fondo
Flows well
apertisverbis
Entry #13351 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.00 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
elargirmi
Flows well
monica.m
meditabondo
Flows well
Sheila Rivaben
Entry #13466 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.001.80 (5 ratings)2.20 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (4 total disagrees)
-1
convertire in perfetto stile Hempeliano un modesto appartamento
Good term selection
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
-3
1
sorridenti pazienti lobotomizzati
Flows well
Maria Elena Abbate
Entry #13811 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.002.17 (6 ratings)1.83 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
senza grandi pretese
Flows well
apertisverbis
Entry #12766 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.921.83 (6 ratings)2.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 4 users disagreed with "likes" (5 total disagrees)
Sydenham
Good term selection
Anne Pinaglia
-3
+1
1
trasformare in stile Hempel
Flows well
apertisverbis
-2
+1
1
bizzarria di questo slanc
Flows well
Ketty Federico
Entry #13570 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.921.83 (6 ratings)2.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
+3
il glamour è di casa
Flows well
ben reso
Laura Tosi
rivoluzionare
Good term selection
apertisverbis
rispecchiata
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #13886 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.921.67 (6 ratings)2.17 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 3 users disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
-3
+1
1
comune appartamento
Good term selection
monica.m
Entry #12589 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.901.80 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 7 users disagreed with "likes" (14 total disagrees)
-1
sconnesso
Good term selection
apertisverbis
-3
+1
come allineare al "concetto hempeliano"
Good term selection
apertisverbis
-1
stabilire un filo conduttore
Flows well
Maria Elena Abbate
-1
bizzarra
Good term selection
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
-6
una salma
Good term selection
Maria Elena Abbate
-2
la culla della memoria e la sede dei ricordi
Flows well
anche se r​idondante
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
Entry #12979 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.901.60 (5 ratings)2.20 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
interni domestici
Good term selection
Ketty Federico
Entry #13127 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.901.80 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
urtano
Other
il verbo c​oglie "la ​non legger​ezza" e la​ determina​zione dell​a Hempel a​nche se. f​orse, non ​è la scelt​a migliore​ per espri​me quanto ​sopra
Link: http://www​.wordrefer​ence.com/e​nit/hit
MariaGrazia Pizzoli
Entry #13763 — Discuss 0
paodelu
paodelu
United States
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.901.80 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #13897 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.901.80 (5 ratings)2.00 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
+1
il sostegno morale
Flows well
monica.m
+1
il candidato alla trasformazione in stile Hempel
Flows well
apertisverbis
Entry #13454 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.841.67 (6 ratings)2.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
  • 5 users disagreed with "likes" (7 total disagrees)
-5
+1
2
con aria afflitta
Flows well
monica.m
-1
neanche avessero appena portato via un cadavere
Flows well
apertisverbis
-1
+2
il sorriso ebete di un lobotomizzato
Flows well
Sheila Rivaben
Entry #12631 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.831.83 (6 ratings)1.83 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
modesto appartamento
Flows well
Maria Elena Abbate
Entry #12611 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.801.80 (5 ratings)1.80 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
venato di crepe
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #13568 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.671.67 (6 ratings)1.67 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 4 users disagreed with "likes" (4 total disagrees)
-4
1
Siamo abituati al glamour nella Londra SE26
Flows well
potra
Entry #13705 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.661.88 (8 ratings)1.44 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #12667 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.601.40 (5 ratings)1.80 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #13835 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.591.50 (6 ratings)1.67 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
+2
una miniera di ricordi
Good term selection
Raffaella Berry
Entry #13654 — Discuss 0
potra
potra
United States
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.571.63 (8 ratings)1.50 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #12584 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.501.40 (5 ratings)1.60 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #12880 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.501.60 (5 ratings)1.40 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
1
purché ci sia coerenza tra gli ambienti, un fil rouge di fondo.
Flows well
apertisverbis
l'ipotesi non è affatto campata in aria
Flows well
non ha mod​ificato il​ senso ori​ginale pur​ introduce​ndo novità
apertisverbis
Entry #13180 — Discuss 0
Francesca Ashley Foxley (X)
Francesca Ashley Foxley (X)
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.501.43 (7 ratings)1.57 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #13646 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.501.20 (5 ratings)1.80 (5 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
col sorriso fisso dei lobotomizzati
Good term selection
apertisverbis
Entry #12757 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.431.43 (7 ratings)1.43 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags