Bhubaneswar: International Translation Day is celebrated on September 30, every year to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security.

On 24 May 2017, the General Assembly adopted resolution 71/288 on the role of language professionals in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development, and declared 30 September as International Translation Day.

September 30 celebrates the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator, who is considered the patron saint of translators.

On the occasion, here are some Quotes and Wishes that you can share with others.

  • Without translation I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” – Italo Calvino”
  • Translators are the shadow heroes of literature, the often forgotten instruments that make it possible for different cultures to talk to one another, who have enabled us to understand that we all, from every part of the world, live in one world.”- Paul Auster
  • Translating from one language to another is the most delicate of intellectual exercises; compared to translation, all other puzzles, from bridge to crosswords, seem trivial and vulgar. To take a piece of Greek and put it in English without spilling a drop; what a nice skill! – Cyril Connolly

Happy translation day to all translation lovers. I hope you all are happy and busy translating.

I would like to take this moment on this beautiful day to tell you all that you have been doing an excellent job. Thank you for all the keen translations.

It is no less than a more significant achievement to know more than one language, and the most important part is it is because of you people we get to know some of the most important concepts. We wish you all a happy translation day.

You all are doing a great job by translating the contents into different languages and making it accessible to many readers and learners and sending good wishes to all of you on this beautiful day.

I, on this beautiful day, would like to thank all the translators for sparing their valuable time to translate the contents for all of us. Happy translation day to you all.

Translating is such an art, where one’s content must give the same meaning as it is in the other language. All our translators have been doing an excellent job wishing you all a happy translation day.

You are doing a great job by translating to many things which would otherwise would have been limited to limited people…. Warm wishes on International Translation Day.

It really requires a lot of focus and hold on languages to be able to understand and translate content…. Wishing a very Happy International Translation Day.

Sending warm greetings on International Translation Day to you….. You are going a great job by translating content into different languages to make it accessible to many people.

The occasion of International Translation Day will always remind us that we have many talented translators doing excellent job of translating content to help us reach content of other languages.