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beauty contest

English translation: pitch meeting

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:beauty contest
Selected answer:pitch meeting
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐

07:34 Sep 18, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Procurement/Bidding Process
English term or phrase: beauty contest
I am looking for alternative term for "beauty contest" in this context: Procurement - Bidding Process

Select two to three bidders having the highest technical scores. Invite them to a beauty contest to present their solutions and to response to our questions and concerns. Each one gets 30 mins presentation and 30 mins Q&A session.

Thanks in advance.
ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 18:56
invite them to make a pitch
Explanation:
making a pitch involves all those things

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-09-18 07:56:06 GMT)
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| Cutting Through the VC Clutter
A: With PR agencies, it used to be that you would select the top three or four and invite them to make a pitch to you to get your business. ...
www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/ content/dec2000/sb20001227_112.htm

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-09-18 08:07:22 GMT)
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to dusty: would 'pitch meeting' suit then? it certainly appears to be the right idea to me...
'drastically'?
oh, really?

I took a pitch meeting with development people at Chris Columbus’s 1492 Productions, trying to get hired to write Fantastic Four, in the summer or fall of ...
www.michaelchabon.com/archives/ 2005/07/maybe_not_so_mu.html



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Note added at 35 mins (2006-09-18 08:10:38 GMT)
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What should you know about the executives in the room at a pitch meeting?

Their names
Something about the projects they've worked on
The differences between pitching to different people (producer, actor, etc.)
All of the above
http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/quiz/pitch_test_01.shtml
Selected response from:

sergey (X)
Local time: 12:56
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +11invite them to make a pitch
sergey (X)
4 +3solicitation review board
Kurt Porter
4 +2presentation meeting
Dave Calderhead
4 +1dog-and-pony show
marybro
5a race for a prize
zax
3 -2elegance contest
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
solicitation review board


Explanation:
In no way does my suggestion match the informality of the provided phrase, but that's what it is. :) :)

Kurt Porter
Local time: 16:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Kurt. I am looking for anything formal and informal (pls look at my note to Rita above--beauty contest could just be accidental invention). I checked that solicitation review also covers RFQ and RFP while my case is after proposal submission. I just try to avoid this ambiguity.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: He's right!
15 mins
  -> Thank you, Dusty!
agree  Kevin Kelly
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Kevin! It's snowed for a couple of minutes today, really.
agree  Alexandra Tussing
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alexandra.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
elegance contest


Explanation:
personality contest, "belle" contest

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Although yours is off mark, I would thank for it, NewCal.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not at all apropriate in the given context!
14 mins
disagree  Alexandra Tussing: wrong for the context
18 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
presentation meeting


Explanation:
would fit the bill IMHO

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 13:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Dave. I dont select your down-to-earth answer to avoid repetion of "present/presentation"


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: yes, a general way of saying it
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rita (:-{)> and good morning to you!
agree  Alexandra Tussing
18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alexandra (:-{)>
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +11
invite them to make a pitch


Explanation:
making a pitch involves all those things

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-09-18 07:56:06 GMT)
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| Cutting Through the VC Clutter
A: With PR agencies, it used to be that you would select the top three or four and invite them to make a pitch to you to get your business. ...
www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/ content/dec2000/sb20001227_112.htm

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-09-18 08:07:22 GMT)
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to dusty: would 'pitch meeting' suit then? it certainly appears to be the right idea to me...
'drastically'?
oh, really?

I took a pitch meeting with development people at Chris Columbus’s 1492 Productions, trying to get hired to write Fantastic Four, in the summer or fall of ...
www.michaelchabon.com/archives/ 2005/07/maybe_not_so_mu.html



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Note added at 35 mins (2006-09-18 08:10:38 GMT)
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What should you know about the executives in the room at a pitch meeting?

Their names
Something about the projects they've worked on
The differences between pitching to different people (producer, actor, etc.)
All of the above
http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/quiz/pitch_test_01.shtml

sergey (X)
Local time: 12:56
Specializes in field
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Sergey, I would use modified version: "pitch meeting"


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
1 min
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: "pitch meeting" gets lots of googles
4 mins
neutral  Tony M: Sure, that's what they're doing; but the senttence calls for the name of the 'event', and so I don't think this would work, unless you change the sentence drastically.
4 mins
agree  niczav
49 mins
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
1 hr
agree  Dave Calderhead: pitch meeting - as long as it doesn't involve tarring and feathering ;-)
1 hr
agree  Robert Fox
2 hrs
agree  Kevin Kelly
4 hrs
agree  Can Altinbay
6 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
7 hrs
agree  JaneTranslates: I like this; it maintains the informality of the original. Personally, I don't like "pitch meeting"; I prefer your suggested change of syntax. However, either option works, obviously.
7 hrs
agree  Alexandra Tussing
17 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dog-and-pony show


Explanation:
Invite them to present/participate in a dog-and-pony show.

An elaborate presentation orchestrated to gain approval, as for a policy or product.

http://www.answers.com/topic/dog-and-pony-show

marybro
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Well, CMIIW, but this show looks to end in a decision, whilst my case ends in another "deliberation" or event "argument". Thanks marybro!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jccantrell: This is what I would call it in the USA, but this does not get away from the pejorative tone of 'beauty contest.'
2 hrs
  -> Thank you jccantrell. I read it as asking them to "showcase" their product; your reading from a "pejorative" context may apply as well.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a race for a prize


Explanation:
a struggle for superiority.

zax
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks zax for the interesting response.

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