Winners announced

Congratulations to the 27 winners of the #JuvenesTranslatores contest, who managed to navigate between languages, demonstrating true mastery, judgment and courage! 

And congratulations to over 200 students who received special mentions for their efforts!

Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn applauded the students: "Congratulations to the winners of the EU’s 2023 Juvenes Translatores contest! And congratulations to all 3 056 young translators who participated – you are all winners! Today, gaining a better understanding of each other’s cultures and standpoints is more important than ever. With language skills, you learn to find meaning and help people bridge divides. Especially in view of the upcoming European elections, the EU wants to see young people have a strong voice and feel heard."

Of the 552 language combinations available, students from 701 schools across the EU used 155 of those combinations (including Romanian into Swedish and Czech into Danish). If you would like to challenge yourself, the 2023 texts are available online. 

We are looking forward to meeting the winners and their teachers at the award ceremony on 21 March in Brussels. 

Background information:

DG Translation has been organising the Juvenes Translatores (latin for ‘young translators’) contest every year since 2007. Its aim is to promote language learning in schools and give young people a taste of what it is like to be a translator. It is open to 17-year-old secondary school students and takes place at the same time in all selected schools across the EU. The contest has inspired and encouraged some of the participants to pursue their languages at university level and to become professional translators.