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The European Commission congratulates the 27 young winners of its 16th Juvenes Translatores translation contest for secondary schools.

This year, 2,883 participants put their language skills to the test, choosing to translate a text between any two of the EU's 24 official languages. Of the 552 language combinations available, the students from 681 schools used 141 combinations, including Spanish into Slovenian and Polish into Danish. The results are in!

The students participating in the contest enjoyed the opportunity to discover translation. As students from a school in Spain school put it: "Our English teacher is a former translator and we've all enjoyed every bit of the preparation process, practising with texts from past years and learning about the challenges of translation in the EU institutions. We've even planned a visit to a university that runs a degree in translation to learn more about this world."

The European Commission's translators selected 27 winners, one for each EU country, as well as 287 students who received special mentions for their outstanding translations.

The award ceremony for the 27 winners will take place in Brussels, on 31 March 2023.

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation has organised the Juvenes Translatores (Latin for ‘young translators') contest every year since 2007. Over the years, the contest has been a life-changing experience for many of its entrants and winners. Some have decided to study translation at university, and some have joined the European Commission's translation department as a trainee or a full-time translator.

Background

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The goal of the Juvenes Translatores contest is to promote language learning in schools and give young people a taste of what it is like to be a translator. The competition is open to 17-year-old secondary school students and takes place at the same time in all selected schools across the EU.

Multilingualism, and therefore translation, have been an integral feature of the EU since the European Communities were first created. It was enshrined in the very first Regulation adopted in 1958 (EEC Council: Regulation No 1). Since then, the number of official EU languages has grown from 4 to 24, as more countries joined the EU.

2022-2023 Juvenes Translatores winners:

COUNTRY  WINNER PARTICIPANTS  
Name,
language pair		Name of the school,
city		Number of schoolsNumber of students 
Belgium William Dancourt-Cavanagh FR>ENLycée Français Jean Monnet, Bruxelles1878 
Bulgaria Ивет Качурова
DE>BG		91 Немска езикова гимназия „Проф. Константин Гълъбов“, София1779 
Czechia Max Petrnoušek, EN>CSGymnázium Česká Lípa, Česká Lípa2189 
Denmark Josefine Qi Drechsler, EN>DARødkilde Gymnasium, Vejle1451 
Germany Paul Möllecken, FR>DEMax-Ernst-Gymnasium, Brühl78284 
Estonia Liisa Maria Võhmar, EN>ETTartu Jaan Poska Gümnaasium, Tartu728 
Ireland Maitilde Warsop EN>GAColáiste Chroí Mhuire gan Smál, Co. na Gaillimhe1353 
Greece Άννα Κουκή EN>EL5ο Γενικό Λύκειο Ηρακλείου, Ηράκλειο2190 
Spain Fernando González Herreros, EN>ESColegio Plurilingüe Mariano, Vigo59262 
France Maxence Launay-Querré,  EN>FR Lycée Pilote Innovant du Futuroscope,  Jaunay-Marigny 79 371  
Croatia Klara Ferišak EN>HRSrednja škola Zlatar, Zlatar1255 
Italy Ginevra Mingione, EN>ITLiceo Pluricomprensivo Renato Cartesio, Villaricca (NA)76363 
Cyprus Δήμητρα Ελένη Νάκου DE>ELΛύκειο Αγίας Φυλάξεως,
Λεμεσός		628 

Latvia 		Reinis Martinsons,  EN>LV Rīgas Angļu ģimnāzija,  Riga 8 31  
Lithuania Eglė Pranckutė, EN>LTJurbarko Antano Giedraičio-Giedriaus gimnazija, Jurbarkas1149 
Luxembourg Dimitra Tsekoura, FR>ELEcole Privée Fieldgen, Luxembourg626 
Hungary Nyíri Kata Luca, EN>HUKecskeméti Bányai Júlia Gimnázium, Kecskemét2186 
Malta Giulia Cilia, MT>ENG.F. Abela Junior College, Msida622 
Netherlands Julia Suijker, NL>ENEmmauscollege, Rotterdam2669 
AustriaTheresa Drexler, HU>DEInternational School Kufstein Tirol, Kufstein1969 
Poland Agata Kurpisz, EN>PL1 Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. K. Marcinkowskiego, Poznań52215 

Portugal 		Ana Leonor Sargento Amado, EN>PTAgrupamento de Escolas da Batalha, Batalha2195 
Romania David Nicolae Şolga, EN>ROLiceul Teoretic „George Moroianu”, Săcele33156 
Slovenia Elizabeta Tomac, FR>SLŠkofijska klasična gimnazija, Ljubljana836 
Slovakia Simona Šepeľová, EN>SKGymnázium sv. Jána Zlatoústeho, Humenné1460 
Finland Sanni Airola, EN>FIPuolalanmäen lukio, Turku1455 
Sweden Agnieska Mikulska, PL>SVRinmangymnasiet, Eskilstuna2183  
TOTAL 6812,883 

* The number of participating schools from each EU country is equal to the number of seats it has in the European Parliament, with the schools selected randomly by computer.

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