Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
silent auction
Russian translation:
аукцион вслепую
English term
Russian Federation
a band, silent auction
Речь идет о благотворительном мероприятии, где собираются пожертвования на лечение девочки. Лотерея (raffle) - это еще понятно. Что такое silent auction? Аукцион, на котором суммы заявок пишут на табличках? Нет ли здесь какого-то второго смысла в контексте трагичности события? A band - тоже черт знает что. То ли они там ленточку перерезали, то ли оркестр играл. Ни то, ни другое как-то не вписывается в атмосферу...
Я понимаю, что однозначного ответа быть не может - мы ведь не знаем контекста, на самом деле. Но хотя бы соображения.
| 4 +1 | аукцион вслепую |
Paulina Ivanova (X)
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| 4 | благотворительный аукцион с музыкальным сопровождением |
Natalia Elo
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May 2, 2005 19:13: Natalia Elo changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (2): Robert Donahue (X), Natalia Elo
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Proposed translations
аукцион вслепую
Each different lot that people auction for has it's own sheet.
On it you put your number and the price you offer and fold sheet over. At the end, when the sheet is unravelled, the highest bidder gets the lot.
Usually it's on a charity event, not a proper auction.
A band is probably musicians, not a ribbon because that would be called a ribbon.
Germany
attention to detail
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Finnish to Russian, Russian to Finnish, and 3 more.
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