Brussels, 23/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - Up to 3,000 school students from all over Europe, from even the farthest-flung regions, such as Kalix near the Arctic Circle in Sweden, Heraklion in Crete, Saint Martin in the West Indies and Paralimni in Cyprus, will be testing their language skills in the third Juvenes Translatores contest. The translation contest, whose name means “young translators” in Latin, will take place on 24 November and will be held simultaneously in all the 600+ participating schools, in the late morning Brussels time under the supervision of the schools. “The translation contest for young people has become a much-awaited opportunity to test the language skills learnt at school in a real-life situation and to get a taste of the work of a professional translator”, said Multilingualism Commissioner Leonard Orban. He went on to say that the competition had, since its inception, encouraged a number of contestants to take up language studies. “This is good news, because a study to be published soon suggests that jobs in the language industry are doing well and have a bright future,” he stated. Up to five pupils (who have to be 17 years old) from each selected school will do a translation test on the contest day. The translations will then be sent to the Commission, where translators from the Directorate-General for Translation will evaluate and mark them. The contest jury will choose the best translation from each member state, and publish the names of the winners on the contest website http: //ec.europa.eu/translatores at the end of January 2010. (I.L./transl.rt)