Military Translator Day
May 21 · Level 7 · #808 of 2238
Military Translator Day honours the linguists who help armies and diplomats understand each other at negotiations, at exercises and in documents written in other languages.
How it is celebrated: graduates of military and language universities gather to swap stories of service and postings, while teachers and cadets receive congratulations.
For decades Moscow had a Military Institute of Foreign Languages, which trained translators, including in rare languages of Asia and Africa.