Language Magazine – Staff Writer
“30 September was chosen as it celebrates the feast of St. Jerome, who is considered the patron saint of translators. St. Jerome was a priest from Northeastern Italy, who is known mostly for his endeavor of translating most of the Bible into Latin from the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. He also translated parts of the Hebrew Gospel into Greek. He was of Illyrian ancestry and his native tongue was the Illyrian dialect. He learned Latin in school and was fluent in Greek and Hebrew, which he picked up from his studies and travels. Jerome died near Bethlehem on 30 September 420.” (more)