this is an old thread, I know, but I'm in the same place as Albo was in 2013 and others at other times --- I'm a US native speaker living in Germany, translating something into English. A speech honoring the awardee of an honorary prize/award will be given...

The terms suggested by Leo and in this thread for "Laudatio" just do not sit right yet with my sense of the language -- "eulogy" definitely not (the person is very much alive), and "laudatory speech" sounds odd, and as someone else mentioned seems to be used all over the place in European/German contexts but NOT in native English ones. I'm thinking we don't have a term for that, would just say for example, "S/He's giving a speech praising/honoring the person receiving the honorary award at the ceremony..."

I'm still feeling around for how best to say it, so if anyone has another idea...

Maybe blowdown's suggestion here (#6) could work....??

"the speech honouring the awardee / the prize winner / the laureate"

('the', weil diese Laudatios auf Preisträger, durch namhafte Kollegen, ja vorbereitet werden)

When I've been asked to compose these (for a book prize, for example), they've been referred to (in the singular) as "laudatio." I agree with those who've suggested describing it (#8. #9), but I also think using the term "laudatio" is acceptable. If you google "book prize laudatio" you get a good number of hits.

"give the laudatio for" sounds ok to me, too. I think I've even heard "give the laudatio address for", which, now that I think about it, is a bit redundant, but I didn't notice at the time. I would favor "address" over "speech" if you use "honoring", I tend to think of "addresses" as more formal in the sense of having a specific role to play in a ceremony.