Blue ribbon

Japanese: ブルーリボン(英語表記)blue ribbon
Blue ribbon
Generally, it refers to a blue ribbon awarded as the highest honor. It comes from the fact that the Order of the Garter, the highest medal in the UK, originally had a blue ribbon. It specifically refers to the honor given to the ship that holds the record for the fastest transatlantic ship. This began in the early 19th century when wool-carrying clippers that sailed between the UK and Australia were awarded the highest speed throughout the year and the fastest wool loading, and had them hoist the ribbon on their masts. Later, in the 20th century, the efficiency of maritime transport improved dramatically, and shipping companies became involved in fierce competition in the Atlantic. Newly built ships increased in speed year by year and set new transatlantic records, and the champions of the time were praised around the world as the champions of the blue ribbon, likening them to the wool clippers of the 19th century. In 1934, British MP H. Hales donated a trophy on which the names of record-holding ships since 1834 were engraved, and in 1935 an international committee of representatives of shipping companies was formed to determine the Blue Ribbon. The fastest speed to date is 55.61 knots, or 2 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes, achieved in 1989 by the Gentry's Eagle, owned by Hawaiian real estate magnate T. Gentry. This was expanded to trans-Pacific routes, and a Pacific Blue Ribbon competition was held by Japanese ships. Today, it is common to award the Blue Ribbon to the best work in film, theater and other competitions.

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Japanese:
一般的には最高の栄誉の印として授けられる青色のリボンをいう。元来イギリスの最高勲章であるガーター勲章が青いリボンつきだったことからきている。特に大西洋横断船の最高速力記録保持船に与えられた栄誉をさした。これは 19世紀初期イギリス-オーストラリア間に就航した羊毛積取船 (ウール・クリッパー) で,1年を通じて最高速で航走し早く羊毛を積取った船に授与し,マストに掲げさせたことに始る。その後,20世紀に入って船の海上輸送効率が飛躍的に向上,海運業者は大西洋で激しい競争を演じるにいたった。新しく投入された新造船は年々速力を増し,横断記録を樹立していったが,このときの覇者に対して,19世紀の羊毛船にたとえ,ブルーリボンの覇者という賛辞が世界中に伝えられた。 1934年にイギリスの H.ヘールズ議員がトロフィーを寄贈,1834年以降の記録保持船の名を刻みつけることになり,1935年にはブルーリボンを規定する海運会社の代表者による国際委員会も結成された。現在までの最高スピードは 1989年にハワイの不動産王 T.ジェントリーが所有する『ジェントリー・イーグル』号の出した平均巡航速度 55.61kn,2日 14時間7分である。これが太平洋横断航路にまで広がり,太平洋のブルーリボン競争が日本船によって展開された。今日では映画,演劇などのコンクールでも,最優秀作にブルーリボン賞を与える行事が普及している。

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