European Commission - Press release Juvenes Translatores: Winners of the EU translation contest for schools announced today Brussels, 3 February 2016 The European Commission has today announced the winners of its annual translation contest 'Juvenes Translatores'. A total of 28 secondary school students, one from each of the European Union Member States, will be awarded a prize after competing with over 3 000 participants from across the continent. The winners will be invited to Brussels on 14 April 2016 to receive their trophies from European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva. ‘My congratulations to all the winners of this year's competition, who excelled against some stiff competition for the top slot in their country. Every year, Juvenes Translatores gives students a chance to test their language skills and try their hand at translation, a valuable skill in our multilingual Union,’ Vice-President Georgieva said. The students had to translate texts on the topic of development cooperation. The theme was chosen to mark the 2015 European Year of Development. The participants could choose from any of the 552 possible combinations between any two of the EU’s 24 official languages. This year, students used 166 language combinations, including translating from Czech into Italian, from Maltese into Dutch, and from Danish into Polish. All winners chose to translate into their strongest language, as the official translators in EU institutions do. Background The Juvenes Translatores (Latin for ‘young translators’) contest has been organised every year since 2007 by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation. 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 pupils (for those born in 1998, for this year's contest) and takes place at the same time in all selected schools across the EU, including in its outermost regions. The contest has inspired and encouraged some of the participants to pursue their languages at university level and to become translators. The names of this year’s winners are: JUVENES TRANSLATORES 2015-2016 winners Winner Participants Country Name, language Number of Number pair School schools of pupils Fiona Baumhauer, BG Purkersdorf, Austria ES-DE Purkersdorf 18 73 Margaux Cuyle, FR- Immaculata-instituut, De Belgium NL Panne 16 72 Георги Христов, EN- Езикова гимназия „Д-р Bulgaria BG Петър Берон“, 17 75 Кюстендил Gimnazija i strukovna Katarina Zornada, škola Jurja Dobrile, Pazin Croatia EN-HR 11 53 Λύκειο Αποστόλων Cyprus ΣτέφανοςΜιχαηλίδης, Πέτρου και Παύλου, 6 26 FR-EL Λεμεσός Gymnázium, Třinec, The Czech Miroslav Řehounek, příspěvková organizace, 21 104 Republic EN-CS Třinec Amalie Dam Møller, Niels Brock HHX, Denmark EN-DA Kultorvet, København 13 54 Eva Lea Jääger, EN- Hugo Treffneri Estonia ET Gümnaasium, Tartu 6 30 Finland Atte Kaljonen, EN-FI Puolalanmäen lukio, Turku 13 59 Lycée Notre-Dame-Saint- France Florian Pesce, RO-FR Joseph, Epinal 72 333 Coppernicus Gymnasium, Germany Emily Bruns, FR-DE Norderstedt 92 348 Λήδα-Χρυσή Πειραματικό Γενικό Λύκειο Greece Γανωτάκη, EN-EL Ηρακλείου, Ηράκλειο 21 95 Κρήτης Tinódi Sebestyén Franciska van Gimnázium és Hungary Waarden, NL-HU Idegenforgalmi, 21 92 Vendéglátói Szakképző Iskola, Sárvár Lauren Ní Bhaoill, EN- Coláiste Phobail Ireland GA Cholmcille, Dún na nGall 11 45 Italy Gabriella Grassiccia, I.I.S. "G. Verga", Modica 72 356 ES-IT Justīne Ševele, EN- Saldus novada Latvia LV pašvaldības Druvas 8 37 vidusskola, Saldus novads Vytautas Petras Kretingos Jurgio Pabrėžos Lithuania Rudys, EN-LT universitetinė gimnazija, 11 51 Kretinga Luxembourg Magali Sumkötter, Athénée de Luxembourg 6 26 EN-DE G.F. Abela Junior College, Malta Sarah Falzon, EN-MT Msida 6 29 The Atheneum College Netherlands Eliana Jager, ES-NL Hageveld, Heemstede 25 95 XXXIII Liceum Poland Maciej Nakoniecznik, Ogólnokształcące 51 229 EN-PL Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika, Warszawa Portugal Mariana Vaz, EN-PT Quinta das Flores, 21 92 Coimbra Roxana-Maria Colegiul Național „Emil Romania Chiorean, EN-RO Racoviță”, Cluj-Napoca 31 152 Zuzana Kráľová, ES- Gymnázium bilingválne, Slovakia SK Žilina 13 60 Slovenia Eva Malovrh, FR-SL Prva gimnazija Maribor, 8 38 Maribor Spain Elvira Tornay Mora, IES Trevenque, La Zubia 53 248 EN-ES Sweden Oliver Knutas, ES-SV Katedralskolan, Skara 20 87 The United Harvey Scriven, FR- Winchester College, Kingdom EN Winchester 73 299 Total 736 3 258 More information: Juvenes Translatores: http://ec.europa.eu/translatores Follow Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva on Twitter: @KGeorgievaEU Follow the Directorate-General for Translation on Twitter: @translatores IP/16/162 Press contacts: Alexander WINTERSTEIN (+32 2 299 32 65) Andreana STANKOVA (+ 32 2 295 78 57) General public inquiries: Europe Direct by phone 00 800 67 89 10 11 or by email.