Sign up for the EU Young Translators' Contest for schools
From 1 September, secondary schools can sign up to compete in Juvenes Translatores, the annual EU Young Translators' Contest, at ec.europa.eu/translatores. The registration period runs until 20 October and the online application form is available in all the EU's official languages
A total of 751 schools from all EU countries can take part. Schools can register pupils of any nationality born in 1997 (two to five students per school). The contest will be held on 27 November at the same time in all selected schools. Pupils will translate a one-page text from one official EU language into another – in principle, all 552 language combinations of the EU's 24 official languages are possible.
This year the texts to be translated will focus on 'European identity'. After the contest, European Commission translators will mark the texts and select one winner per country. The winners will be invited to Brussels to receive their prizes in April 2015.
For more information: Contest website, Facebook.com/translatores, Twitter: @translatores, DG Translation: ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation, Commissioner Vassiliou's website, Twitter @VassiliouEU (Contact: Dennis Abbott: +32.2.295.92.58)
