Juvenes Translatores: Winners Announced

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The European Commission announced the winners of its annual translation contest ‘Juvenes Translatores’ last week.A total of 28 secondary school students, one from each of the European Union Member States, will be awarded a trophy and a diploma after competing with over 3 300 participants from across the continent.

Emese Tóth from Debrecen (Csokonai Vitéz Mihály Secondary School) also participated in the competition and won the Hungarian round with her translation (Italian-Hungarian).

The winners will be invited to Brussels on 10 April 2018 to receive their trophies from Commissioner Günther Oettinger, responsible for Budget and Human Resources. “My congratulations on your achievement. Well done for taking on the challenge and proving your talents in all 24 EU languages. Learning languages is a skill that is vital for your careers and personal development. It is amazing to see so many talented young people. Multilingualism defines us as Europeans”, said Commissioner Oettinger.

Juvenes Translatores 2017-2018 winners:

Country Winner Participants
Name,
language pair
School Number of schools Number of students
Austria Johanna Tösch, EN-DE BORG Birkfeld, Birkfeld 18 87
Belgium Audrey Lizin,
EN-FR
Athénée Royal de Huy, Huy 21 97
Bulgaria Яница Стойкова,
DE-BG
Профилирана езикова гимназия „Проф. д-р Асен Златаров“, Велико Търново 17 76
Croatia Ante Kuvačić, EN-HR Prirodoslovna tehnička škola – Split, Split 11 52
Cyprus Δάφνη Ρουμπά, EN-EL Λύκειο Αποστόλων Πέτρου και Παύλου, Λεμεσός 6 29
The Czech Republic Anna Kovárnová,
EN-CS
Gymnázium Jírovcova, České Budějovice 21 96
Denmark Sarina Ulrich, EN-DA Paderup Gymnasium, Randers 13 53
Estonia Laura Emily Rilanto, FI-ET Tartu Jaan Poska Gümnaasium, Tartu 6 30
Finland Sara Soimasuo, EN-FI Tammerkosken lukio, Tampere 13 54
France Irene Campillo Pinazo, ES-FR Lycée Saint-Sernin, Toulouse 74 333
Germany Rebekka Mattes, HU-DE Marienschule, Leverkusen 93 370
Greece Θεοδώρα Πλιάτσικα,
FR-EL
1ο Γενικό Λύκειο Τρικάλων, Τρίκαλα Θεσσαλίας 21 91
Hungary Emese Tóth, 
IT-HU
Debreceni Csokonai Vitéz Mihály Gimnázium, Debrecen 21 98
Ireland Alex Burke,
DE-EN
Christian Brothers College, Cork 10 38
Italy Gianluca Brusa, FR-IT I.I.S. “Carlo Emilio Gadda”, Paderno Dugnano 73 352
Latvia Reinards Jānis Saulītis,
EN-LV
Saldus novada pašvaldības Druvas vidusskola, Saldus pagasts 8 38
Lithuania Uosis Nojus Galkevičius,
EN-LT
Alytaus Adolfo Ramanausko-Vanago gimnazija, Alytus 11 53
Luxembourg Julie Oé,
FR-DE
Athénée de Luxembourg, Luxembourg 3 12
Malta Andrè Mifsud, EN-MT St Aloysius College, Birkirkara 6 30
The Netherlands Maud Rinkes, NL-EN Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem, Haarlem 26 110
Poland Michał Martinez Dzedzej,
ES-PL
CXXII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Ignacego Domeyki, Warszawa 51 238
Portugal Catarina Rodrigues,
EN-PT
Colégio Internato dos Carvalhos, Pedroso-Carvalhos – V.N. Gaia 21 98
Romania Cosmin Ionuț Lazăr, FR-RO Colegiul Național „Costache Negri”, Galați 32 155
Slovakia Katarína Kráľová,
EN-SK
Piaristická spojená škola F. Hanáka – gymnázium, Prievidza 13 57
Slovenia Ana Šubic,
EN-SL
Škofijska klasična gimnazija, Ljubljana 8 39
Spain Pablo Villar Abeijón, EN-ES IES De Brión, A Coruña 54 263
Sweden August Falkman,
EN-SV
Tyska Skolan, Stockholm 20 87
The United Kingdom Daniel Farley, ES-EN The Manchester Grammar School, Manchester 73 312
Total 744 3 348

Source: Press Release – www.europa.eu

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