DG Translation of the Commission is organising a Translation Contest for secondary school students called "Juvenes Translatores". This year' Contest will be dedicated to the European Year of Volunteering.
The contest is organised for 17-year-olds in secondary schools throughout the EU.
They will translate a 1-page text between any 2 languages from among the EU's 23 official languages. This year the theme of the texts will be "volunteering".
The authors of the best translation from each EU country will be invited to Brussels to receive an award, meet the Commissioner for multilingualism and see how professional EU translators work.
Schools can register for the contest 1 September to 20 October only ? http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/ (the number of schools is limited through a random selection).
Contest day ? 24 November 2011
Contact ? DGT-TRANSLATORES@ec.europa.eu
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