Το σχολείο μας συμμετείχε φέτος, μετά από κλήρωση που διεξήχθη πανελλαδικά, να συμμετάσχει στον Ευρωπαϊκό διαγωνισμό Juvenes Translatores (νεαροί μεταφραστές). Ο διαγωνισμός απευθύνεται σε μαθητές Λυκείου που έχουν γεννηθεί το έτος 1998 (αποκλειστικά) οι οποίοι μεταφράζουν ένα άγνωστο κείμενο από μια γλώσσα της επιλογής τους σε μια άλλη.

Οι μαθητές που διαγωνίστηκαν είναι οι : Αγγλόπουλος Κοσμάς, Κασιούλη Ολυμπία, Λιούσια Νίκη, Μιζιάκη Ολυμπία. Υπεύθυνη εκπαιδευτικός ορίστηκε η Ντούρου Αντωνία ΠΕ06 σε συνεργασία με τον Μόκα Απόστολο ΠΕ19.

Ο διαγωνισμός διεξήχθη πανευρωπαϊκά την Πέμπτη 27 Νοεμβρίου, στις 11.00 ώρα Ελλάδος. Οι μαθητές συγκεντρώθηκαν σε μια αίθουσα του σχολείου μας και με την επιτήρηση των δύο εκπαιδευτικών μετέφρασαν ένα κείμενο, που μας έστειλαν οι υπεύθυνοι του διαγωνισμού με e-mail, από τα Αγγλικά στα Ελληνικά, όπως άλλωστε είχαν επιλέξει.

Το κείμενο είναι το εξής:

Ever-increasing circles
Hi John,
Just to let you know, I?m well on the way to becoming a fully-fledged genealogist.
I?m delving into our family tree, and all because of my grandson, Tom. A teacher
gave his class a project on identity. Of course, at first it sounded really dry and
boring to him. As far as he could see, he was born here and has never moved, so
all he managed to come up with was the classic primary school stuff: Leicester is
the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands, and so on. But he is a
bright boy and he saw that this hardly makes for riveting reading. So, knowing
that I?ve always been interested in history, he asked me. I pointed out that,
although I live in Leicester now, I was born in Southampton. I also reminded him
that his mum comes from Portsmouth, and that his other grandfather hails from
Ayrshire. So Tom?s not even totally English, much less a pure Midlander! This
got me thinking, so I started trawling the internet and soon unearthed some
fascinating facts.
Apparently, one of my grandfathers is a direct descendant of a soldier who settled
near Bruges after the Napoleonic Wars and married a Belgian. By some weird
coincidence, one side of my mother?s family were Belgian lace makers who came
over to England in the 16th century. Were my mum and dad destined to get
together because of their genes?
I?ve also found out that the Scottish side of the family has some Spanish blood,
via Ireland, where sailors had fetched up after the 1588 Armada. It also emerged
that our Portsmouth connections go right back in Hampshire history to the arrival
of William the Conqueror. I haven?t yet established whether the family were
Saxons or Normans. They may have been both.
Until I embarked on this, I didn?t realise the extent of our family links with other
countries. And it?s certainly opened young Tom?s eyes. He?s now realised that he
is English, from the British Isles, but that he also has roots in Belgium, France,
Spain and what is now part of Germany.
But, as I said to him, the wonder of identity is that it?s not just about the past or
ancient history. Identity is also about today (and even tomorrow). His sister?s been
teaching English in Prague for two years now and she?s going out with a Czech,
while his elder brother has been living just outside Porto for over five years and is
showing no signs of moving. So if they settle where they are and have children,
Tom will have Portuguese and Czech relatives as well!

Τα κείμενα των μεταφράσεων των μαθητών στάλθηκαν στην επιτροπή με email, αφού πρώτα ψηφιοποιήθηκαν σε μορφή pdf.

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