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1 | Russia: Vladivostok's Pre-Election Puzzle | Rosia: Ankamantatra alohan'ny Fifidianana ao Vladivostok |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Russia Elections 2011/12. | Mialoha ny fifidianana filoham-pirenena rosiana amin'ny 4 Martsa izao, mafampana tanteraka ny rivo-politika. |
3 | On the eve of the March 4 presidential election in Russia, the level of political voltage has reached its tipping point. | Sady odian'ny manam-pahefana Rosiana fanina ny fisian'ny fihetsiketsehana goavana manerana ny firenena, no tsy mamaly araka ny tokony izy ny fitakian'ny vahoaka izy ireo. |
4 | The Russian authorities are neither able to ignore the large-scale protests across the country, nor able to adequately respond to the people's demands. | Lasa resa-politika avokoa ny ataon'ny tsirairay sy ny zava-drehetra ankehitriny, tratran'izany rivo-politika mafana mialoha ny fifidianana izany ihany koa ny tanàn-dehibe farany atsinanana indrindra ao Vladivostok . |
5 | Everyone and everything has turned political now, and the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok has caught this pre-election fever as well. | Ny ohatra farany indrindra izao dia ny fisian'ny dokambarotra fanentanana mifono misitery izay miteraka adihevitra eo amin'ireo mpiserasera maro ao Vladivostok amin'izao fotoana izao. |
6 | The most recent example is the mysterious ad campaign that many of Vladivostok's netizens are discussing right now. | |
7 | It may turn out to be a purely commercial, non-political project, but it definitely plays on public interest and ignites the debate by using up-to-date political images. | Mety ho lasa resa-barotra fotsiny ihany izany, fa tsy resa-politika - kanefa mahaliana indrindra ny vahoaka sy mampafàna ny adihevitra eo amin'izy ireo izany amin'ny alalan'ny fampiasana ny vaovao farany momba ny kisarisari-politika. |
8 | First, large banners asking “Who? | Voalohany tamin'izany, sora-baventy lehibe manontany hoe “Iza? |
9 | Who?” appeared on one of the city's streets (the image below comes from this article [ru] on PrimaMedia.ru and is reproduced here in accordance with the portal's re-publication rules [ru]): Who? | Iza?” no miharihary ao amin'ny arabe ao antanàn-dehibe (avy amin' ity lahatsoratra tao amin'ny on PrimaMedia.ru ity ny sary eto ambany, navoaka teto izany ary mifanaraka tsara amin'ny fitsipika momba ny famoahana indray ny lahatsoratra : |
10 | Who? by Anton Balashov This question may well refer to the presidential candidates running in the March 4 election - or it may not. | Mety tsara amin'ireo kandidà mirotsaka hofidiana filoham-pirenena amin'ny 4 Martsa izao izany fanontaniana izany - na tsy mety. |
11 | The approach here is common for both commercial and political campaigns: the initial ads do not point at any specific product/candidate explicitly. | Mitovy amin'ny fanentanana ara-barotra sy ara-politika avokoa ny fomba fijery eto: ny dokam-barotra voalohany tsy mampisongadina tsara ny mampiavaka ny entana/kandidà. |
12 | (Examples of similar political ads that have appeared in Vladivostok recently are here and here: the first one states that the country was first destroyed in 1917, during the Russian revolution, and then some more in 1991, at end of the Soviet era, while what happens in 2012 remains to be seen; the second one is asking, “Chaos, again?”.) | (dokam-barotra ara-politika mitovy amin'izany no niseho tao Vladivostok vao haingana, eto sy eto: ny voalohany milaza fa nanomboka tamin'ny taona 1917 no nopotehana ny firenena , nandritra ny revolisiona Rosiana, ary avy eo tamin'ny taona 1991, tamin'ny fiafaran'ny vanim-potoana Sovietika, ho hita eo izay hitranga amin'ity taona 2012 ity; ny faharoa kosa manontany hoe, “Faharavana, indray?”.) |
13 | It did not take long for the answers to appear - but, just like the initial “Who? | Tsy niandry ela ny valinteny - saingy, toy ny tamin'ny voalohany “Iza? |
14 | Who?” question, they left Vladivostok's residents puzzled and confused: big banners appeared all over the city, featuring, among others, Sponge Bob [ru], Avatar's Toruk Makto [ru], Michael Jackson and Mr. Bean [ru], and the Coat-Clad Horse from a popular Russian slang rhyme. | Iza?” variana sy sanganehana ny mponina ao Vladivostok: sora-baventy lehibe mirangaranga manerana ny tanàn-dehibe, ahitana toy izao ny amin'izany, Sponge Bob (Bob spaonjy - sarimiaina), sarintavan”i Toruk Makto , Michael Jackson sy Andrimatoa Bean, ary Soavaly-Mipalitao avy amin'ny vazivazy malaza ao Rosiana. |
15 | Somewhat later, bloggers caught these ads with the same characters on PrimPogoda.ru, a local weather portal: | Fotoana fohy taty aoriana, mpamahana bolongana gaga tamin'izany dokam-barotra izany ahitana sarin'olona mitovy amin'i PrimPogoda.ru, vavahadin-tserasera momba ny toetr'andro ao an-toerana: |
16 | Who? Who? | Pikan-tsary avy amin'i PrimPogoda.ru |
17 | Answers: Sponge Bob, Horse in a Coat (rhymes in Russian), Turuk Manto (character from Avatar) screen shots taken from PrimPogoda.ru | Mpisera LJ alexhitrov nanome vahaolana amin'izany ankamantatra izany izay toa nankasitrahan'ireo fikambanana mpiserasera an-toerana. |
18 | LJ user alexhitrov's solution to this puzzle [ru] is the one that the local online community seems to favor the most. | |
19 | He pointed out that the PrimPogoda.ru ads had a checked box with a number next to each of the characters mentioned above - and he also supplied a screenshot of a TV news program that showed a sample voting ballot for the upcoming election: | Nanamarika izy fa ahitana boaty misy marika ny dokam-barotra mikasika an'i PrimPogoda.ru ary ahitana tarehimarika koa isaky ny sarin'olona eo ambony - ary namoaka pikan-tsary avy amin'ny fandaharana amin'ny fahitalavitra ihany koa izy izay mampiseho santionana vato-pifidianana ampiasaina amin'ny fifidianana hoavy: |
20 | Each presidential candidate [on the sample voting ballot] is represented by one of the characters [in the mysterious ads] and, of course, there's a corresponding number on the ballot. | Ny kandidà tsirairay hirotsaka hofidiana [ao anatin'ilay santionana vato-pifidianana avokoa] no asehon'ny sarin'olona iray [ao amin'ny dokam-barotra hafahafa] ary, eny, ahitana nomerao mifanaraka amin'izany amin'ilay vato-pifidianana. |
21 | According to alexhitrov, Toruk Makto represents Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party; Sponge Bob is Sergey Mironov, the leader of the Just Russia party; and Vladimir Putin, #5, has to be the proverbial Horse in the Coat. | Araka ny hevitr'i alexhitrov, Toruk Makto no misolo tena an'i Vladimir Zhirinovsky, lehiben'ny Antoko Liberaly Demokraty; Bob Spaonjy kosa Sergey Mironov, lehiben'ny antoko Just Russia(rosia ihany); ary Vladimir Putin, #5, no mety ilay Soavaly mipalitao. |
22 | LJ user vladimir_golev wrote this [ru], referring to the cartoon character rather than the political candidate that Sponge Bob seems to represent in this context: | Mpisera LJ vladimir_golev nanoratra ity, raha mijery ny sarin'i Bob Spaonjy ampiasaina amin'ny sary miaina fa tsy ny kandidà politika, dia i Spaonjy Bob no toa hita misolo tena amin'izany : |
23 | I'd vote for Sponge Bob. | Nifidy an'i Bob Spaonjy aho. |
24 | Sponge Bob is about stability, above all. | Bob Spaonjy no toa hitondra fahamarinan-toerana mihoatra ny rehetra. |
25 | Russia will learn the name of its next head of state relatively soon. | Tsy ho ela dia ho fantatr'i Rosia ny anaran'ny filoham-pireneny manaraka. |
26 | Vladivostok residents will probably also get to discover the meaning of the mysterious ad campaign, its punchline. | Ho fantatry ny mponina ao Vladivostok ihany koa ny dikan'ireo dokam-barotra fanentanana mifono misitery, sy ny fehin'izany. |