{"id":4209,"date":"2020-10-07T18:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2020-10-08T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T10:39:16","slug":"international-translation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/international-translation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Translation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Jerome: patron saint of translators <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, it’s true: 30 September 2020 was International Translation Day. So if it’s last week’s news, why are we writing about it now?<\/span><\/p>\n

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To be honest, we were busy working on an urgent subtitling project that required our full attention. That’s why we weren’t able to write about this last week. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In their article on International Translation Day<\/a>, the United Nations explains why the date of 30 September was selected. According to the Christian calendar of saints, 30 September is the feast of St Jerome, the “Bible translator, who is considered the patron saint of translators”.<\/p>\n

Born around 342 AD, Jerome was primarily known for translating most of the New Testament from Greek into Latin, and parts of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek. His native language was the Illyrian dialect, and he was fluent in Latin, which he learned in school, and Greek and Hebrew, which he acquired due to extended travels.<\/p>\n

In a video on St Jerome’s life<\/a> by Catholic Online, we learn that he is sometimes depicted with a lion or an owl. He was extremely prolific, studying, writing and translating theological texts. It is recorded that he died near Bethlehem on 30 September 420.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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