On 27 March, Androulla Vassiliou, the commissioner for education, culture, multilingualism and youth, will present trophies to the winners of this year’s Young Translators’ (Juvenes Translatores) contest, organised by the European Commission. Twenty-seven secondary school students, one from each member state, have been invited to Brussels to receive their award and a diploma for producing the best translation from their country. The theme this year was volunteering (to mark the European Year of Volunteering 2011). Each student selected a one-page text written in one of the EU’s 23 official languages. They then translated it into any of the other 22 languages. Although many chose English as a source language, the total number of language combinations used was 148, which is the highest since the contest was launched in 2007. The number of entrants was the highest ever at more than 3,000. Further details are available at  www.europolitics.info > Search = 311532