Juvenes Translatores winners in Brussels

We are proud to present the 28 winners of the 2016-2017 Juvenes Translatores contest.

European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Günther H. Oettinger, awarded a trophy and a diploma to the 28 winners of the European Commission's annual translation contest 'Juvenes Translatores' on 6 April 2017.  The award ceremony was live streamed:

The photos from the Ceremony:

The 28 secondary school students, one from each Member State, won in a competition with over 3 240 participants from 728 schools across the continent. They all translated a one-page text on the subjects of languages and translation. The participants could choose from any of the 552 possible combinations between any two of the EU's 24 official languages. This year, students used 152 language combinations, including translating from Greek into Latvian and from Bulgarian into Portuguese. All winners chose to translate into their strongest language or mother tongue, as the official translators in EU Institutions do. The translations were checked by the Commission's in-house translators. 'Juvenes Translatores' (Latin for 'young translators') is a competition to reward the best young translators in the EU. The Commission's Translation department has been organising the contest every year since 2007 to promote language learning in schools and give young people a taste of what it is like to be a translator.