Juvenes TranslatoresA contest to reward the best young translators in the European Union. Juvenes Translatores 2025-2026 Mark your calendar! Registration for Juvenes Translatores 2025-2026 opens on 2 September. Stay tuned for updates! 2024 contest List of selected schools - 2024The schools that were randomly selected for this year’s Juvenes Translatores contest.Special mentions - 2024Special mentions for outstanding translationsWinners - 2024We are proud to present the 27 winners of the 2024 Juvenes Translatores contest.Texts for translation - 2024Juvenes Translatores - texts for translation 2024! About the contest Juvenes Translatores is an annual EU-wide translation contest for 17-year-old secondary school students. The aim is to inspire and encourage young people to learn languages. Every November on contest day over 3,000 teenagers translate a page of creative writing on a topical subject from any one of the EU's 24 official languages into any of the other 23. The number of schools invited to enter the contest in each country is the same as the number of seats it has in the European Parliament – 720 in total across the EU. Up to five students per school can take part. Their efforts are evaluated by professional translators in the EU institutions to find the best translation from each country. The 27 winning students — one per EU member state — are invited to an award ceremony in Brussels, accompanied by teachers and parents. Documents General publications23 August 2024 Juvenes Translatores factsheet 2024 General publications22 August 2024 Juvenes Translatores 2024-2025 Contest Rules General publications25 March 2025 Juvenes Translatores - Privacy statement 2025 General publications27 March 2025 Juvenes Translatores - Award ceremony programme 2025 Previous contestsYou can have a look at the winning translations and original texts from previous years.Why this contest?Understand why we organise Juvenes Translatores.How to prepare'How can I get the message across?' A good translation should have the same impact on the reader as the original text.Practice texts for translationCheck the texts proposed for the past contests. Follow the latest progress and get involved.Follow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramOther social networks Contact us: DGT-TRANSLATORESec [dot] europa [dot] eu (DGT-TRANSLATORES[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
List of selected schools - 2024The schools that were randomly selected for this year’s Juvenes Translatores contest.
Juvenes Translatores is an annual EU-wide translation contest for 17-year-old secondary school students. The aim is to inspire and encourage young people to learn languages. Every November on contest day over 3,000 teenagers translate a page of creative writing on a topical subject from any one of the EU's 24 official languages into any of the other 23. The number of schools invited to enter the contest in each country is the same as the number of seats it has in the European Parliament – 720 in total across the EU. Up to five students per school can take part. Their efforts are evaluated by professional translators in the EU institutions to find the best translation from each country. The 27 winning students — one per EU member state — are invited to an award ceremony in Brussels, accompanied by teachers and parents.
Previous contestsYou can have a look at the winning translations and original texts from previous years.
How to prepare'How can I get the message across?' A good translation should have the same impact on the reader as the original text.