Competition in this pair is now closed, and the winning entry has been announced. Discussion and feedback about the competition in this language pair may now be provided by visiting the "Discussion & feedback" page for this pair. Entries may also be individually discussed by clicking the "Discuss" link next to any listed entry. Source text in English We're accustomed to glamour in London SE26: Kelly Brook and Jason Statham used to live above the dentist. But when Anouska Hempel's heels hit the cracked cement of the parking space outside my flat, it's hard not to think of those Picture Post photographs of royalty visiting bombed-out families during the second world war. Her mission in my modest tract of suburbia is, however, about more than offering sympathy. Hempel—the woman who invented the boutique hotel before it bore any such proprietary name—has come to give me information for which, judging by the spreads in interiors magazines and anxious postings on online DIY forums, half the property-owners in the Western world seem desperate: how to give an ordinary home the look and the vibe of a five-star, £750-a-night hotel suite. To Hempelise, in this case, a modest conversion flat formed from the middle slice of a three-storey Victorian semi.
"You could do it," she says, casting an eye around my kitchen. "Anyone could do it. Absolutely no reason why not. But there has to be continuity between the rooms. A single idea must be followed through." She looks out wistfully over the fire escape. "And you'd have to buy the house next door, of course." That's a joke. I think.
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It's worth pausing, though, to consider the oddness of this impulse. The hotel room is an amnesiac space. We would be troubled if it bore any sign of a previous occupant, particularly as many of us go to hotels in order to do things we would not do at home. We expect a hotel room to be cleaned as thoroughly as if a corpse had just been hauled from the bed. (In some cases, this will actually have happened.) The domestic interior embodies the opposite idea: it is a repository of memories. The story of its inhabitants ought to be there in the photos on the mantelpiece, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves. If hotel rooms were people, they would be smiling lobotomy patients or plausible psychopaths. | The winning entry has been announced in this pair.There were 3 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase. The winning entry was determined based on finals round voting by peers.
Competition in this pair is now closed. | Tumezoea umaridadi hapa London SE26: Kelly Brook na Jason Statham waliwahi kuishi juu ya daktari wa meno. Lakini wakati visigino vya viatu vya Anouska Hempel vilipokanyaga nyufa za kwenye zege la maegesho ya magari nje ya ghorofa letu, ilikuwa vigumu kutokuwazia zile picha za kwenye postikadi za watawala wakitembelea familia zilizoathiriwa na mabomu wakati wa vita kuu ya pili. Lengo lake kwenye eneo langu la kitongoji chetu cha hali ya kati, lilikuwa zaidi ya kutoa maneno ya huruma. Hempel—mwanamke ambaye alianzisha duka lenye hoteli kabla halijawa na jina maalumu la kikazi— amekuja kunipa taarifa ambazo, kwa kuangalia kurasa za kati kwenye majarida ya ndani ya nyumba na yale yanayoandikwa na washiriki wenye shauku kwenye mitandao ya kijamii ya namna ya kufanya vitu mwenyewe, nusu ya wenye nyumba kwenye ulimwengu wa magharibi wanaonekana kuwa na wasiwasi na kukata tamaa: namna ya kuipa nyumba ya kawaida muonekano na hisia za hoteli ya nyota tano, inayolipiwa £750 kwa chumba kwa usiku mmoja. Kwa Hempelise, hii ikiwa ni ubadilishwaji kidogo wa sehemu ya ghorofa ya kati kwenye jengo la ghorofa tatu la enzi za himaya ya Victoria. "Unaweza kufanya hivyo," anasema, huku akiangaza macho kwenye eneo la jiko langu. "Mtu yeyote anaweza. Hakuna sababu hata kidogo kwa nini isiwezekane. Lakini inabidi kuwepo na muendelezo kati ya vyumba. Wazo moja lazima liendelezwe hadi litimie." Anaangalia nje kupitia kwenye ngazi za kukimbia moto akiwaza. " Na itakubidi kununua pia nyumba ya jirani." Nadhani, huo ni utani zaidi. Hata hivyo, ni vema kutulia na kutafakari uajabu wa huu msukumo wa ndani. Chumba cha hoteli ni sehemu inayoweza kukukosesha usingizi. Tunaweza kukwazika kama kikiwa na dalili zozote za aliyekuwemo awali, hasa kwa sababu wengi wetu huenda hotelini ili tufanye vitu ambavyo hatuwezi kufanya nyumbani. Tunatarajia chumba cha hoteli kusafishwa kikamilifu kama vile maiti ndio kwanza ametolewa hapo kitandani. (Wakati mwingine, inawezekana ikawa hili limetokea kweli.) Sehemu ya ndani ya nyumba ya kuishi hujumuisha wazo lililo kinyume: ni sehemu inayotunza kumbukumbu. Hadithi ya waliowahi kuishi humo inafaa iwepo kwenye picha zilizopo sebuleni, picha za ukutani, vitabu kwenye rafu. Kama vyumba vya hotelini vingekuwa binadamu, vingekuwa ni wagonjwa lobotomi wanaotabasamu au vichaa wenye ahueni.
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| Tumezoea uzuri na mvuto londoni SE26, Kelly brook na statham walikuwa wakiishi juu ya daktari wa meno. Lakini siku visigino vya Anouska Hempel’s vilipo gusa sakafu iliyokwisha weka nyufa katika ua wa nyumba yangu, si rahisi tusifikirie kuhusu picha zile zilizotundikwa za malkia akitembelea nyumba zilizobomolewa kwa mabomu kipindi cha vita ya pili vya dunia. Malengo yake kwa mtazamo wangu kwa kufuata wazo la suburbia ni zaidi ya kuonesha masikitiko yake kwa ujumla. Hempel mwanamke aliye anzisha hotel ya boutique kabla hata haijajipatia jina hilo alikuja kunipa habari ambazo kwa mujibu wa maelezo yaliyoko katika magazeti ya ndani na maingizo katika katika mtandao wa DIY. Nusu ya wamiliki wa mali hizo walioko magharibi mwa dunia walikuwa wamejawa na hofu. Utawezaje kubadili mwonekano wa kawaida wa nyumbani kuwa wa nyota tano., iwe na thamani ya paundi 750 hotel . ni kuiweka kama atakavyo hempel, katika maongezi haya tunamaanisha nyumba ya kadiri yenye ghorofa tatu . 'Unaweza kufanya hivyo, ' anasema,huku akipitisha macho kuzunguka jiko langu. 'Mtu yeyote anaweza kufanya hivyo kabisa hakuna sababu kwa nini tusifanye hayo. Lakini inabidi kuwe na mwendelezo katika vyumba. wazo moja lazima lizingatiwe wakati wote. 'alitazama nje kwa tafakari kupitia mlango wa dharura ya moto, unapaswa kununua nyumba iliyoko jirani yako . bila shaka ilikuwa ni mzaha ninadhani. Kuna thamani kutulizana, ingawa, kwa kuzingatia hali halisi ya msukumo huu. chumba hoteli ni nafasi kutulizana na kupumzika. Itakuwa ni tatizo kama kutakuwepo na mabaki ya insahara za mkazi aliyetangulia. Sababu wengi wetu huwa tunakwenda hotelini kufanya vitu ambavyo hatuwezi kufanya tukiwa nyumbani. Tunatarajia chumba cha hoteli kuwa safi kabisa. (hii imetokea kweli katika baadhi ya matukio) Mambo ya ndani nyumbani yanaleta wazo tofauti, ni hazina ya kumbukumbu. hadithi ya wakazi wake inapaswa iwakilishwe kwa picha zilizoko katika fremu, ukutani na vitabu vilivyoko katika rafu. Kama vyumba vya hotel vingekuwa ni watu basi wangekuwa wanatabasamia wagonjwa wafanyakazi wa maabara lobotomy au psychopaths plausible.
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| Tuna mazoea ya mvuto hapa kwetu Lodon mtaa wa SE26: Kelly Brook pamoja na Jason Statham walikuwa wakikaa juu ya mganga wa meno. Lakini pale Anouska Hempel alipowasili mtaani na kufika mlangoni pa gorofa letu mahali pa kuegesha magari, inakuwa vigumu kutofikiri juu ya zile Picha za kwenye posta za mfalme akitembelea familia za wahanga wa makombora ya kivita ya vita kuu ya pili ya dunia. Kusudi lake kuja katika makazi yangu haya ya sehemu za pembezoni mwa mji yalikuwa, kwa jinsi iliyoje, ni zaidi ya kutaka kuniliwaza. Hempel- mwanamke mwanzilishi wa hoteli iitwayo boutique kabla haijawa na jina la umiliki wowote-amekuja kunipa taarifa ambazo kwazo, kwa kigezo cha taarifa zilizomo katika pande za ndani za magazeti na wachangiaji wenye shauku katika mtandao kwenye majukwa ya Kujifanyia Mwenyewe, nusu ya wamiliki katika dunia ya Magharibi wanaonekana kuwa na shauku; jinsi gani ya kuipa nyumba ya kawaida mwonekano na mguso wa kiwango cha hoteli ya nyota tano, takriban pauni 750 kwa usiku kwa chumba. Kwake yeye Hempelise, kwa swala hili, nyumba ya wastani ilikuwa ni ile ya tokea upande wa kati wa gorofa tatu za zama za Victoria. "Ungaliweza kufanya," anasema, akitupa jicho kulizunguka jiko langu. "Ye yote angaliweza kufanya. Hakika hakuna sababu kwanini isiwe. Lakini lazima kuwe na mwendelezo kati ya vyumba. Wazo moja lazima lifuatwe hadi mwisho." Kwa sononeko anaangalia kwenye sehemu ya mtoleo wa moshi. "Na ungetakiwa kununua na nyumba inayofuata, hapana shaka." Huo ni utani. Nadhani. ... Ni vema kutulia kidogo, hata hivyo, kufikiri ugumu ulio katika msukumo huu. Chumba hiki cha hoteli ni kama mahali pakukufanya ujisahau. Tungelisumbuka sana iwapo kingekuwa chumba hiki na ishara yo yote ile ya mkazi aliyetangulia, hasa kwa vile wengi wetu huenda kwenye hoteli kufanya mambo ambayo tusingeweza kufanya nyumbani. Tunataraji chumba cha hoteli kuwa kimesafishwa vema kana kwamba ni kama vile maiti ndio kwanza imeondolewa kitandani. (Katika nyakati zingine jambo la jinsi laweza kuwa kweli limetokea.) Mahali pa ndani pa nyumbani huwa pana haiba ya wazo la tofauti kabisa; huwa na hazina ya kumbukumbu. Hadithi ya wakaazi wake yapaswa kuwa katika picha zilizo ukutani, vitabu vilivyo katika kabatini. Kama vyumba vya hotelini vingelikuwa watu, wangelikuwa ni kama wagonjwa walifanyiwa upasuaji wa kichwa wenye kutabasamu au mwendawazimu mwenye kutoa hoja za kukubalika. | Entry #14107 — Discuss 0
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