International Translation Day on September 30 honours the work of translators
The day, marked every year on September 30, honours translators, interpreters and linguists and highlights the importance of translation.
International Translation Day is observed on September 30 every year. The day honours translators, interpreters and philologists around the world. It also aims to highlight the importance of translation.
Translators make it easier to exchange literature, knowledge and ideas across languages. They connect different cultures and communities. This builds dialogue, mutual understanding and cooperation across the world.
The aim of the day is to spread knowledge by removing language barriers through translation. Translators play a vital role in many fields, including education, science, technology, trade, the arts and politics. Through translation, people respect one another's languages, cultures and traditions, and solidarity grows in the world.
Several important events in the history of India and the world took place on September 30. In 1399, Henry IV became King of England. In 1860, Britain's first tram service began. In 1882, Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric project began operating on the Fox River at Appleton in the United States. In 1895, France took control of Madagascar. In 1935, construction of the Hoover Dam was completed. In 1947, Pakistan and Yemen joined the United Nations.
In 1954, USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched. In 1961, the first Duleep Trophy match was played in Madras (Chennai). In 1966, Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom. In 1993, about 10,000 people died in the Killari earthquake and thousands were left homeless.
In 1994, lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. In 1998, Dr K. N. Ganesh was announced as a winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. In 2000, senior scientist Dr Raghunath Mashelkar was given the Hall of Fame award by the Chemtech Foundation.
People born on this date include the Persian mystic and poet Rumi in 1207; M. C. Chagla, a judge, diplomat and Union minister, in 1900; and film director Hrishikesh Mukherjee in 1922. Ehud Olmert, the 12th Prime Minister of Israel, was born in 1945, and Dutch Formula One driver Max Verstappen in 1997. Cricketer Chandrakant Pandit was born in 1961, and Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis in 1980.
American geologist Charles Richter died on this date in 1985. Chandratai Kirloskar, a worker in the Bhoodan movement, died in 1998. Madhavrao Shinde, a former Union Railway Minister and Civil Aviation Minister, died in 2001.
