International Translation Day is celebrated every year on 30 September on the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered as the patron saint of translators. The celebrations have been promoted by FIT (the International Federation of Translators

International Federation of Translators

The International Federation of Translators is a worldwide organization, composed of the national translation organizations from over 60 countries...

) ever since it was set up in 1953. In 1991 FIT launched the idea of an officially recognised International Translation Day to show solidarity of the worldwide translation community in an effort to promote the translation

Translation

Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...

 profession in different countries (not necessarily only in Christian ones). This is an opportunity to display pride in a profession that is becoming increasingly essential in the era of progressing globalisation.

Sources and external links

• ProZ.com's annual virtual conference for International Translation day
• Paper presented in 1997 by L. Katschika at the FIT Conference: Italy
• Article on International Translation Day at Prozwiki project pages
• ProZ.com hosts largest gathering of translators on September 30th, 2009