Speaker of the National Assembly Mr Hovik Abrahamyan sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of Translators’ Day.

 “There are not many nations which have Translators’ Day in the state calendar, which testifies to the fact that the Armenian people pay great significance and importance to literature and translation. In the fifth century after the invention of the Armenian scripts in the schools founded by Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Partev, the first students, who learnt the Armenian alphabet, translated the Bible, later the well-known books of the time.

The centuries-old traditions are going on also today, giving the Armenian readers an opportunity to communicate with the world literature and outstanding scientific works through the native language. Paying tribute to the translators of the past and the present, today I would like to express my gratitude to those for that wonderful opportunity created for all of us. I am sure that from now on the translators’ work will be the golden bridge that will bring the world to Armenia, and present Armenia to the big world, as the historian Khorenatsi said: though we are small in quantity but worthy deeds are being carried out in our country.”