{"id":3759,"date":"2026-09-07T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:12:53","slug":"30-september-st-jeromes-day-a-celebration-for-translators-and-language-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/30-september-st-jeromes-day-a-celebration-for-translators-and-language-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"30 September \u2013 St Jerome\u2019s Day, a Celebration for Translators and Language Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An opportunity to pause and remember that translators and interpreters are true builders of bridges between cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to prepare a film evening on the subject, here are several films about translators, interpreters and translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><em>The Covenant<\/em> (2023) \u2013 strongly inspired by the true stories of Afghan interpreters.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><em>The Translators<\/em> (2019) \u2013 a tense thriller about a manuscript and translators confined together.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><em>Arrival<\/em> (2016) \u2013 a linguist attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><em>The Interpreter<\/em> (2005) \u2013 a UN interpreter overhears a dangerous secret.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><em>Lost in Translation<\/em> (2003) \u2013 a story of miscommunication and the search for connection in an unfamiliar culture.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><em>Charade<\/em> (1963) \u2013 Audrey Hepburn plays an interpreter drawn into a mysterious intrigue.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The profession often remains behind the scenes, yet without translators and interpreters there would be no international agreements, world literature or film subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which film about translators or interpreters would you add to the list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S. The films were watched, reviewed and selected for you by Greta, Metropolis\u2019s tech-savvy project manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An opportunity to pause and remember that translators and interpreters are true builders of bridges between cultures. If you would like to prepare a film evening on the subject, here are several films about translators, interpreters and translation: The profession often remains behind the scenes, yet without translators and interpreters there would be no international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}