Free Knowledge Culture Calendar/September 30
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![A Bible translator who was declared the patron saint of translators was born on September 30, 420.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Domenico_Ghirlandaio_-_St_Jerome_in_his_study.jpg/220px-Domenico_Ghirlandaio_-_St_Jerome_in_his_study.jpg)
Today is International Translation Day. It was established on the birthday of the christian patron saint of translators, which shows a different face of translation than that of building bridges: language as an instrument of power. Christians are particularly interested in translation and are very active in the field of dying languages. When big empires met a foreign culture, history shows repeating patterns of trying to subject the others to the own culture.