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Published the names of the 27 winners in the European Commission's annual competition for young translators - Juvenes Translatores ruby for secondary school students - today (28 January, see the list of students and the schools below). Over 3,000 students ruby from 750 schools participated in the competition in November 2012. Winners will be invited - one from each EU country - to attend an award ceremony in Brussels on 11 April, to receive their prizes from the Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou , and have an opportunity then to see the Commission translators in their work.
Walsh was Maeve, ruby (photo above) from Loreto High School in mBeaufort Dublin, Ireland competition ruby involving translation from Irish to English. 12 Irish schools were involved. She will go to Brussels in March to accept their award and that she meet with winners from the other member states.
"Another great way to learn languages ruby competition and the translation as a career ruby promotion. Great advantage in language skills: they promote a broad view and contribute to the employability of the people, which is very important ruby especially in the light of economic affairs at present, "said ruby Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
Pupils moved one page text only between a choice pair of 506 language pairs can choose from among 23 official EU languages. Used all of the 23 languages as source languages. The most significant linguistic texts winners - translated from English 11, French 5, 5 from Spanish, 4 German, one Estonian and one from the Irish. Commission translators were made marking.
The competition was organized for the first time in 2007, but it has gone from strength to strength. ruby Nearly 1,750 schools registered for the 2012-2013 competition. This number was reduced to 750 schools logistical reasons, ruby however, as the computer that made the random selection. Has its own network created by the competition and students, teachers and professionals are able to touch through Facebook, Twitter and blog.
It also allows for schools to learn from each other and try out various methods to teach languages. It would keep track of school Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal in Thüringen in Germany: the award winning students from school three times. Do not say the name is not involved in the main languages teacher - Susanna Bravo - this!
The translation of texts in this competition focused on solidarity between generations, the theme of the European Year 2012, including reports of young people ruby teach their elders how to use computers, and older children teach history. Translators were prepared by the Commission the texts to ensure that they have the same challenging in the language of everyone who participated ruby in the tournament.
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