[Julie Steiner]

2015 ERATOSPHERE TRANSLATION BAKE-OFF
VOTING THREAD

All members of Eratosphere have until noon (Pacific Standard Time) on Wednesday, 18 November, to cast their ballots here for this year's Translation Bake-off winners.


Step 1: Evaluate (and, one hopes, comment on) the eleven finalists, whose threads are listed and linked below:

Bake-off Dish A--"I Am a Man", French lyrics by Zazie

Bake-off Dish B--"The Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavor", German lyrics by Bertolt Brecht

Bake-off Dish C--"The Song of the Long-gone Ladies", French lyrics by François Villon

Bake-off Dish D--Two songs with "Alas, alas!" ("I pine away night and day" and "I had thought Janneton"), French lyrics by Molière and Pierre Perrin, respectively

Bake-off Dish E--"The Black Cat", French lyrics by Aristide Bruant

Bake-off Dish F--"Oh Ola, Ola, My Love, My Own", Norwegian lyrics by Anonymous

Bake-off Dish G--"Ne Me Quitte Pas", French lyrics by Jacques Brel

Bake-off Dish H--"Ode to Cassandra", French lyrics by Pierre Ronsard

Bake-off Dish I--"Sister Dear", German lyrics by Anonymous

Bake-off Dish J--"The Ballad of Sexual Dependency", German lyrics by Bertolt Brecht

Bake-off Dish K--"Belle de Nuit", French lyrics by Pascal Aligon

[A special note to the non-finalists: Thank you so much for participating. The Top Secret DG's comments and Top Secret Yodeler's performances of your translations will be made available to you privately via Alex Pepple, sometime after the finalist votes are tallied and posted.]


Step 2: Decide how to allocate your six votes among the candidates.

Each voter has six votes. You may allocate these as you see fit, so long as no entry receives more than three votes from you.

Examples:

You may give one vote to each of your six favorites.
You may give two votes to each of your three favorites.
You may give three votes to each of your two favorites.
You may rank your top three and reward them with votes accordingly, giving three votes to your #1 favorite, two votes to your #2 favorite, and one vote to your #3 favorite.

Other voting permutations are also possible.

However, if you try to award more than three votes to the same entry, only three of those votes will be tallied.

Likewise, any votes cast by any competitor for his or her own entry will not be tallied.


Step 3: Post your ballot by replying to this thread by noon (PST), 18 November 2015.

Your ballot consists of text identifying your favorites (by Bake-off Dish IDs and/or title words in any language), followed by the number of votes you are assigning to each. The following is a sample ballot:

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Dish Y--"Silent Night" (3 votes)
Dish Z--"O Fortuna" (1 vote)
Dish X--"Gaudeamus Igitur" (1 vote)
Dish W--"Sarasponda" (1 vote)

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Ballots cast after the deadline will not be tallied, even if the discussion thread is not locked.

PLEASE CONFINE ANY IDENTITY-GUESSING TO THE ADJACENT IDENTITY-GUESSING THREAD. Some folks don't want to see any spoilers until they have already cast their own ballots.