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авторский кубок

English translation: Skip it altogether

17:58 Dec 26, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Russian term or phrase: авторский кубок
За авторский кубок турнира – серебряную акулу известного скульптора Алексея Архипова в этом году - будут бороться более 350 спортсменов из 20 стран.

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RitaZ
United States
Local time: 12:09
English translation:Skip it altogether
Explanation:
350 athletes from 20 countries will vie for the top prize - the original silver shark by such and such. Something like that.
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The Misha
Local time: 13:09
Grading comment
I think the "top prize - original silver shark" version sounds most natural. Thank you all for the suggestions!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3original tournament cup
Nadezhda Wenzel
4 +2Skip it altogether
The Misha
4 +1the Originator’s Trophy / the Initiator’s Trophy
Pham Xuan Thanh
5Silver Shark prize
Kazakov_Kirill


  

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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
original tournament cup


Explanation:
Я бы взяла просто как "original tournament cup - a silver shark designed by the famous.."
(опираясь на "tournament Cup: a silver shark created by well-known St. Petersburg sculptor Alexei Arkhipov."
http://salnikovcup.ru/eng/one-news/17

Nadezhda Wenzel
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vaddy Peters: prize? - is it really a cup?
23 mins
  -> Спасибо.
agree  Oleg Kadkin
11 hrs
  -> Спасибо.
agree  interprivate
17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Skip it altogether


Explanation:
350 athletes from 20 countries will vie for the top prize - the original silver shark by such and such. Something like that.

The Misha
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think the "top prize - original silver shark" version sounds most natural. Thank you all for the suggestions!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Lesiewicz
2 hrs
agree  cyhul
4 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the Originator’s Trophy / the Initiator’s Trophy


Explanation:
Originator:
who creates new things; who has been started something during a time period or event;
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=originator

Initiator:
who initiates a course of action; A person that has both the ability and authority to start a course of action.
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=initiator

Trophy:
is a reward for a specific achievement, and usually afterwards serves as proof of merit. They are most often awarded with sporting events. These range from youth sports through professional level athletics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy


Pham Xuan Thanh
Local time: 00:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vladyslav Golovaty: designer's cup? (World Cup may be of any shape)
6 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Silver Shark prize


Explanation:
I'd say it is a prize (rather than a cup — check out the photo) "designed by..."

The mentioned person has designed the prize, but the competition itself doesn't bear his name (as, say, Stanley Cup)


    Reference: http://media.baltinfo.ru/photo/new/53710.jpg
Kazakov_Kirill
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Russian
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