World Braille Day 04 January
International Mother Language Day 21 February
French Language Day 20 March
Chinese Language Day 20 April
English Language Day 23 April
Spanish Language Day 23 April
Russian Language Day 06 June
World Kiswahili Language Day 07 July
International Day of Sign Languages 23 September
International Translation Day 30 September
Arabic Language Day 18 December
The seventeenth edition of the St. Jerome Translation Contest will be launched in the spring of 2026 and will be open exclusively to students from universities that have signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations on cooperation in the training of language professionals and other partner universities.
Established in 2005 to mark International Translation Day, the contest celebrates multilingualism within the Organization and highlights the important role that translation plays in the work of the United Nations and in the world at large. In 2017, the initiative was welcomed by the General Assembly in its resolution 71/288 on the role of professional translation in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development.
