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2014 annual ProZ.com translation contest: "Celebrations" » English to Lithuanian

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Source text in English

Who cast that first fateful tomato that started the La Tomatina revolution? The reality is no one knows. Maybe it was an anti-Franco rebellion, or a carnival that got out of hand. According to the most popular version of the story, during the 1945 festival of Los Gigantes (a giant paper mâché puppet parade), locals were looking to stage a brawl to get some attention. They happened upon a vegetable cart nearby and started hurling ripe tomatoes. Innocent onlookers got involved until the scene escalated into a massive melee of flying fruit. The instigators had to repay the tomato vendors, but that didn't stop the recurrence of more tomato fights—and the birth of a new tradition.

Fearful of an unruly escalation, authorities enacted, relaxed, and then reinstated a series of bans in the 1950s. In 1951, locals who defied the law were imprisoned until public outcry called for their release. The most famous effrontery to the tomato bans happened in 1957 when proponents held a mock tomato funeral complete with a coffin and procession. After 1957, the local government decided to roll with the punches, set a few rules in place, and embraced the wacky tradition.

Though the tomatoes take center stage, a week of festivities lead up to the final showdown. It's a celebration of Buñol's patron saints, the Virgin Mary and St. Louis Bertrand, with street parades, music, and fireworks in joyous Spanish fashion. To build up your strength for the impending brawl, an epic paella is served on the eve of the battle, showcasing an iconic Valencian dish of rice, seafood, saffron, and olive oil.

Today, this unfettered festival has some measure of order. Organizers have gone so far as to cultivate a special variety of unpalatable tomatoes just for the annual event. Festivities kick off around 10 a.m. when participants race to grab a ham fixed atop a greasy pole. Onlookers hose the scramblers with water while singing and dancing in the streets. When the church bell strikes noon, trucks packed with tomatoes roll into town, while chants of "To-ma-te, to-ma-te!" reach a crescendo.

Then, with the firing of a water cannon, the main event begins. That's the green light for crushing and launching tomatoes in all-out attacks against fellow participants. Long distance tomato lobbers, point-blank assassins, and medium range hook shots. Whatever your technique, by the time it's over, you will look (and feel) quite different. Nearly an hour later, tomato-soaked bombers are left to play in a sea of squishy street salsa with little left resembling a tomato to be found. A second cannon shot signals the end of the battle.

The winning entry has been announced in this pair.

There were 12 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 (12 total; 3 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #20998 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
376 x46 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.633.75 (8 ratings)3.50 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
+2
Siekiant pasisemti jėgų būsimoms triukšmingoms peštynėms, mūšio išvakarėse patiekiama įspūdinga paelija – gerai žinomas Valensijos patiekalas iš ryžių, jūros gėrybių, šafranų ir alyvuogių aliejaus.
Flows well
Kestutis Satkauskas
Šiandien šis nevaržomas festivalis vyksta laikantis šiokios tokios tvarkos. Jo organizatoriai netgi augina specialios rūšies neskanius pomidorus, skirtus tik šiam kasmečiam renginiui.
Flows well
Kestutis Satkauskas
-2
1
padažo
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Salsa most​ likely wa​s a sauce,​ not a dan​ce in this​ context.
indur1990
Entry #19042 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Ramute Lagunaviciute
Ramute Lagunaviciute
United Kingdom
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
315 x43 x25 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.072.71 (7 ratings)3.43 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 6 users agreed with "likes" (10 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
-1
+4
1
vietiniai triukšmadariai ieškojo progos sukelti skandalą, kad atkreiptų į save dėmesį.
Flows well
Sounds nat​ural, well​ translate​d
indur1990
+3
1
Niekuo dėti žiūrovai taip įsitraukė,
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Dalia Rokaitė
-1
+1
1
Ar iš toli aukšta trajektorija sviesite, ar tiesiu taikymu mesite pomidorą-žudiką, ar iš vidutinio nuotolio kabliu atliksite šūvius – kokia bebūtų jūsų technika, mūšiui pasibaigus jūs
Flows well
Sounds ver​y well in ​Lithuanian​ (when tho​se two sen​tences are​ fused tog​ether)
indur1990
pomidorų sultimis permirkę mušeikos
Flows well
Dalia Rokaitė
-1
1
gatvėse žliugsinčio padaž
Good term selection
Dalia Rokaitė
+2
Antrasis patrankos šūvis skelbia mūšio pabaigą.
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Inga Jokubauske
Entry #15767 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
285 x42 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.283.22 (9 ratings)3.33 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
+1
1
užverda siautulingas mūšis
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Edita Rimavičiūtė
-2
+1
vargu ar beįmanoma rasti kažką panašaus į pomidor
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Aušra Pretorius


Non-finalist entries

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

Entry #17011 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.832.83 (6 ratings)2.83 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
grumtynes
Good term selection
Giedre Asin Marco
Entry #15926 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.802.71 (7 ratings)2.88 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
į miestą įrieda pomidorų prikrauti sunkvežimiai
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Edita Rimavičiūtė
Entry #20830 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.762.63 (8 ratings)2.88 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #21910 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
OATiuninas
OATiuninas
United Kingdom
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.502.22 (9 ratings)2.78 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
-2
2
Mūšio lauke yra tolimojo nuotolio pomidorų svaidytojų, žudikų iš arti ir vidutinio nuotolio šaulių kabliu.
Flows well
One of the​ smoothest​ translati​ons
indur1990
Entry #20365 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.192.25 (8 ratings)2.13 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 6 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (3 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
+1
Kas gi švystelėjo tą
Flows well
Gera pradž​ia
Edita Rimavičiūtė
peštukai
Good term selection
geras žodi​s
laimapac
pagaliau nusprendė
Good term selection
Sakyčiau p​aprastas i​r taiklus ​sprendimas​ šitaip iš​versti nel​engvą idio​mą "to rol​l with the​ puches".
Kestutis Satkauskas
-1
+1
1
Ši ispaniško džiugesio pilna šventė, kur gatvės užtvindytos eisenų dalyvių, visur skamba smagi muzika, pokši fejerverkai,
Flows well
gražiai sk​amba
Dalia Rokaitė
nuostabioji
Good term selection
Kestutis Satkauskas
+1
dūkti
Good term selection
Dalia Rokaitė
Entry #21103 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
AgloBaglo
AgloBaglo
United Kingdom
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.841.50 (6 ratings)2.17 (6 ratings)
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Entry #21160 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.791.57 (7 ratings)2.00 (7 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
tačiau tai nesustabdė tolesnių pomidorų kovų atsinaujinimo bei naujos tradicijos gimimo.
Flows well
Aušra Pretorius
Entry #17987 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Awgustas
Awgustas
Lithuania
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.781.67 (9 ratings)1.88 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
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Entry #17779 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry1.001.00 (6 ratings)1.00 (6 ratings)
Entry tagging:
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