International Translator's Day. How is the International Translator's Day celebrated? How to celebrate the International Translator's Day
09/30/2017 Translation agency "Perevod.Ru" congratulates its colleagues on their professional holiday - International Translator's Day! This year, the International Federation of Translators (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs) released a special poster for International Translators Day, celebrated in 2017 under the motto “Translation and Diversity” / Traduction et diversité. This year is notable for us with the adoption at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly of Resolution A/RES/71/288: “The role of professional translation in bringing people together, strengthening peace and promoting mutual understanding and development,” in which the UN General Assembly proclaimed September 30 as International Day translation. Happy professional holiday, colleagues! Translation.Ru
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September 30 is International Translation Day. In the modern world, a translator is a very popular profession in all spheres of life: in tourism, in science and business, in culture and art. Without translation and translators today it is difficult to imagine virtual communication on the global Internet.
A translator is a very multifaceted profession, where everyone can choose the type of translation and the niche of the translation market that is closer to them.
Translation is not just a mechanical substitution of more or less suitable words in another language instead of words in one language. Not everything can be translated. And the translation itself is in many cases a compromise.
Let's see, for example, how Translator's Day sounds in different languages, and what exactly we celebrate.
In Russia, we celebrate International Translator's Day or World Translator's Day - whichever you prefer.
The Francophone world celebrates World Translator's Day (Journée mondiale de la traduction).
Today in the English-speaking world is International Translation Day. But this is not exactly the same thing!
In Germany, strictly speaking from the name, today is International Translator's Day (Internationaler Uebersetzertag). Interpreter in German "Dolmetscher" (interpreter).
While browsing the Internet for materials about International Translator Day, I came across the phrase that on this day translators take pride in their profession. It seems to me that this is not the main thing: to be proud of your profession, you don’t need a professional holiday.
International Translator's Day is rather an occasion for the unity of translators living in different countries and working in different types and genres of translation.
This is also a good opportunity to draw attention to our profession, to once again show the importance and necessity of translation work for society, for the development of our culture.
Colleagues! Congratulations to everyone on our professional holiday! May our wonderful profession always be in demand, and may the translation process itself bring translators not only a means of subsistence, but also moral satisfaction from the results of hard translation work!
Yuri Novikov
certified translator of German and English languages,
Chairman of the Board of the Moscow Regional Branch
Union of Translators of Russia
International Translator's Day - Wikipedia article
International Translation Day (Journée mondiale de la traduction, International Translation Day) is a professional holiday of interpreters and translators.
Celebrated on September 30 (the death day in 419 or 420 of St. Jerome, who translated the Bible (Vulgate)
into Latin and who is traditionally considered the patron saint of translators). Established by the International Federation of Translators (FIT) in 1991.
About World Online Translator Day
World Translating Day (lba-translating.ru)
In Russia, and in particular in Moscow, Translator's Day has been widely celebrated since 2004.
On September 30, 2019, polyglots will celebrate their professional holiday - those who, in addition to their native language, also know at least one foreign language. On this day, the world will celebrate International Translation Day.
Pushkin knew everything
If they tell you that one of the oldest professions is journalism or something worse, then don’t believe it. Always and everywhere the most sought-after specialists were interpreters. Both before and now, when we celebrate Translator’s Day 2019. As the great Pushkin called them, these are the post horses of the raging progress of mankind.
Babylon
According to legend, all people on Earth used to speak the same language. This is logical, what was the point of inventing thousands of languages, when it was quite possible to express oneself in one, especially since all people are the same: two eyes, two ears, one mouth, nose, 10 fingers, and so on. The chances that everyone would speak the same language that everyone understood equally well were very high. But it was not there. Life on Earth was not enough for humanity, they decided to rush to heaven to become closer to God. And they didn’t come up with anything better for this than to build a giant skyscraper, now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Naturally, God was not very happy with such insolence and decided to freeze this construction site. It was very easy to do this, especially if you are God. He took and deprived the builders of a single language, and instead put his own language, unlike anyone else, into the mouths of each. Naturally, it was no longer possible to work together. The tower tilted, and the builders scattered throughout the Earth and gave rise to new cultures. But this is all a legend, although in every fairy tale there is some truth.
Translators of all countries, unite
The decision to create a new, international organization of translators was born in France in 1953. Since then, more than 60 countries of the world have joined the FIT - the International Federation of Translators. Every year they hold conferences in different parts of the world, where they share useful experience, meet experts representing the rarest languages of the world, and plan cultural events dedicated to a particular language.
Education date
Translator's Day is celebrated on September 30, thanks to Jerome of Stridon, the great traveler, pilgrim and translator of antiquity. He was born on September 30 near Jerusalem. At one time, he became a hermit and for four years lived absolutely alone in the vast expanses of the Chalkis desert. There he studied the Hebrew and Chalcidian languages, and then brilliantly translated the sacred scriptures into Latin. His merits were officially recognized only a thousand years later, when at one of the Christian councils, his Latin version of the Bible was considered the only correct one.
When is International Translation Day in 2019?
International Translator's Day is a professional holiday of interpreters and translators, celebrated annually on September 30. It is celebrated by linguists and translators: foreign language teachers, translators of fiction, technical and scientific literature, films, and reviewing translators.
History of the holiday.
The holiday was established in 1991 by the International Federation of Translators. In Russia, it began to be celebrated en masse since 2004. The date of the event has a symbolic meaning. It is associated with the day of death (September 30, 419 (420)) of St. Jerome of Stridon, the patron saint of translators. His translation of the Bible into Latin received official status, and Jerome himself was awarded the title of the most educated of the “Church Fathers.”
Jerome of Stridon, one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church, was a man of powerful intellect and fiery temperament. He traveled widely and in his youth made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Later he retired for four years to the Chalcis desert, where he lived as an ascetic hermit. Here he studied the Hebrew and Chaldean languages and had, in his own words, “only scorpions and wild animals” as companions. In the desert, he several times heard trumpets announcing the Last Judgment. In Western European painting he is often depicted listening to angels blowing trumpets above his head.
In 386 Jerome settled in Bethlehem. It was here that for many years he translated the Old and New Testaments into Latin. Eleven centuries later, its version was proclaimed by the Council of Trent as the official Latin text of Holy Scripture (Vulgate). In addition, it is believed that Jerome was the creator of the Glagolitic alphabet.
According to a popular parable, Jerome removed a thorn from the paw of a lion, who from then on became his devoted friend. In countless paintings, Saint Jerome is depicted as a scientist sitting in his cell, writing, with a lion lying nearby. The date of death of Jerome is considered to be 420. His relics were transferred from Bethlehem to Rome.
Holiday traditions.
Every year the holiday takes place under a new motto, which is proclaimed by the International Federation of Translators (FIT). On this day, thematic press conferences, trainings, seminars, and educational events are held. Corporate celebrations are organized.
FIT was founded in 1953 in Paris by Pierre-François Caillet and brings together representatives of more than 100 translator associations around the world with the aim of exchanging experiences, useful information and strengthening ties between national organizations for the benefit of their translators, as well as to promote translation as a profession and an art.
Officially, FIT today includes 107 associations from 60 countries (80 thousand professional translators).
About the translator's profession.
Translation is a prestigious and highly paid profession. Specialists are engaged in document translation, technical, business, literary or oral translation, and conduct teaching activities. They must constantly improve their knowledge, since without practice, skills are quickly lost.
To become a translator, you need to have a predisposition to languages, good memory, hearing, diction, and be a sociable and diligent person.
Thanks to translation, folklore exchange and interpenetration of cultures of different peoples became possible. The world's masterpieces of medieval classics are available not only in the original, but also translated into different languages of the world. A worldwide professional holiday is dedicated to translation specialists.
- “Mail horses of progress” - this is how Alexander Pushkin dubbed the profession of translators, the significance of which in the life of all mankind since the destruction of the Tower of Babel has been enormous, although unnoticed.
- In ancient times, translators were called interpreters.
- In Chinese, the character that means problems, trouble, quarrels is graphically written as “two women under one roof.”
- The literal Chinese translation of Pepsi's slogan "Live with the Pepsi Generation" is "Pepsi will make your ancestors rise from their graves."
International Translation Day is celebrated on September 30th. It is celebrated by linguists and translators: foreign language teachers, translators of fiction, technical and scientific literature, films, and reviewing translators.
Thanks to translation, folklore exchange and interpenetration of cultures of different peoples became possible. The world's masterpieces of medieval classics are available not only in the original, but also translated into different languages of the world. A worldwide professional holiday is dedicated to translation specialists.
Holiday traditions
Every year the holiday takes place under a new motto, which is proclaimed by the International Federation of Translators. On this day, thematic press conferences, trainings, seminars, and educational events are held. Corporate celebrations are organized.
history of the holiday
The holiday was established in 1991 by the International Federation of Translators. In Russia, it began to be celebrated en masse since 2004. The date of the event has a symbolic meaning. It is associated with the day of death (September 30, 419 (420)) of St. Jerome of Stridon, the patron saint of translators. His translation of the Bible into Latin received official status, and Jerome himself was awarded the title of the most educated of the “Church Fathers.”
About the translator's profession
Translation is a prestigious and highly paid profession. Specialists are engaged in document translation, technical, business, literary or oral translation, and conduct teaching activities. They must constantly improve their knowledge, since without practice, skills are quickly lost.
To become a translator, you need to have a predisposition to languages, good memory, hearing, diction, and be a sociable and diligent person.
In ancient times, translators were called interpreters.
In Chinese, the character that means problems, trouble, quarrels is graphically written as “two women under one roof.”
The literal Chinese translation of Pepsi's slogan "Live with the Pepsi Generation" is "Pepsi will make your ancestors rise from their graves."
