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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