International Translation Day (30 September)

[Ross Clark]

United Nations. 2017. "to celebrate the role of language professionals".

It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of
translators and interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists,
librarians, military linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)

Jerome's translations made up the standard Latin text of the Bible (the
Vulgate).
The UN has a St Jerome Translation Contest (2005-), for "the best
translations into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and
German".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome

[Aidan Kehoe]

Post by Ross Clark
United Nations. 2017. "to celebrate the role of language professionals".
It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of translators and
interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists, librarians, military
linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)

My understanding is “linguist” is a term in the US military for service members
who work as interpreters or translators. See
https://www.google.com/search?q=linguist+site:.mil

[Christian Weisgerber]

Post by Ross Clark
It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of
translators and interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists,
librarians, military linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)

I understand that at least the American military uses the designation
"linguists" for its members trained in local languages.

[Adam Funk]

Post by Ross Clark
United Nations. 2017. "to celebrate the role of language professionals".
It's the feast day of St.Jerome, who's the patron not only of
translators and interpreters, but also "Bible scholars, archivists,
librarians, military linguists [?], encyclopedists and students." (Crystal)

I was going to ask about the patron saint of non-military linguists,
but I found this on Gretchen McCulloch's blog:

Saint Gotteschalk, Patron Saint of Linguists

<https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/23728963441/saint-gotteschalk-patron-saint-of-linguists>

Post by Ross Clark
Jerome's translations made up the standard Latin text of the Bible (the
Vulgate).
The UN has a St Jerome Translation Contest (2005-), for "the best
translations into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and
German".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome