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Spanish student comes third in national Translation Bee final

A bright young linguist from CBA has come third in the national final of the Spanish Translation Bee.

A bright young linguist from CBA has come third in the national final of the Spanish Translation Bee.

Year 8 student Karolina Kontor beat other Year 8 and Year 9 students from across the country to finish in the top three at the Routes Into Languages Translation Bee Spanish final at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge yesterday.

Fellow CBA Year 8 Spanish student Charlie Cousins also competed in the national final.

CBA Director of Modern Languages Karen Turney said: “The standard of competition was very high this year and Karolina and Charlie did extremely well.

“About 7,500 students entered the competition and they made it through to the last 120 students in the final.

“We are very proud of them and hope they inspire more students to take part in the Translation Bee next year.

“During the contest the head of Routes into Languages in Cambridgeshire, Dr Tony Morgan, said that students who are pursuing languages will be in demand because we have so few linguists in this country.

“Competitions like this give our students a head start and help them to prepare for the new GCSE where the skill of translating and using three tenses is essential.”

(Charlie Cousins and Karolina Kontor are pictured above with their certificates and medals)