Name: 2025-2026 Juvenes Translatores award ceremony
Start: 2026-03-27T10:30:00
End: 2026-03-27T12:30:00
Location: Charlemagne Building

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Watch the 2025-2026 Juvenes Translatores award ceremony!

Juvenes Translatores is an annual online translation contest for 17-year-old secondary school students across the EU. It’s organised by DG Translation to inspire and encourage young people to learn languages.

The 27 winners, accompanied by their parents or teachers, are invited to Brussels to attend the award ceremony, as part of a 3-day visit giving them the opportunity to meet European Commission translators and learn about their work.

Please note: This broadcast is in English only. For other languages, please go to the multilingual webstream.

language industry | translation | multilingualism
Friday 27 March 2026, 10:30 - 12:30 (CET)
Brussels, Belgium

Programme

27 Mar 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 (CET)
Welcome coffee
10:30 - 10:35 (CET)
Welcome by masters of ceremony
Beatrice Gechele and Miha Žličar, DG Translation
10:35 - 10:50 (CET)
Opening speech
Christos Ellinides, Director-General, DG Translation
10:50 - 11:05 (CET)
Inspirational speech
Najib Bauwens (Monsieur Nash)
11:05 - 11:20 (CET)
Juvenes Oratores: Personal perspectives from winners
Tachu Bence (HU) and Nikole Luberacka (LV)
11:20 - 11:30 (CET)
Teacher's speech: Personal perspective
Carla Machado (PT)
11:30 - 11:45 (CET)
Juvenes Oratores: Personal perspectives from winners
Méabh Ní Ghionnáin (IE) and Jacob Jörgren (SV)
11:45 - 12:20 (CET)
Closing remarks and presentation of awards
Christos Ellinides (Director-General, DG Translation)
12:20 - 12:30 (CET)
Group photo
12:30 - 14:00 (CET)
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 (CET)
Presentation and Q&A
"How the EU works and why education and youth are crucial for its future" by Michael Teutsch (Head of Unit Erasmus+ coordination, DG EAC)