Press Release: Commission launches translation contest for schools

The Commission has launched a contest designed to give 17-year-olds in schools throughout Europe a chance to experience at first hand what it is like to be a translator. As many as 2,760 pupils, from up to 345 schools, will be given this opportunity in a contest called "Juvenes Translatores" (young translators), organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). The contest is one of the events to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Union. Students nominated by their schools will be challenged to translate a short text and the event will take place on the same day - 14 November 2007 - in all 27 Member States of the EU.