European partners mark Romanian Language Day with messages of shared culture
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- The British and French embassies in Bucharest marked Romanian Language Day with cultural messages and videos.
- British Ambassador Giles Portman read an excerpt from Ion Creangă’s “Childhood Memories,” while France highlighted Romanian and French’s common Latin heritage.
- Romanian Language Day is observed on Aug. 31 in Moldova, Romania and, from 2026, Ukraine.
Britain’s ambassador to Romania, Giles Portman, marked Romanian Language Day by reading from Ion Creangă’s “Childhood Memories,” including the well-known episode “At the Cherry Trees.”
On Romanian Language Day, we wanted to rediscover one of the best-known stories in Romanian literature.
The British Embassy said the recording revisited one of Romanian literature’s best-known stories and its distinctive expressions. It also sent greetings to everyone who speaks, learns, loves or values the Romanian language.
France’s embassy in Bucharest focused on the linguistic connection between Romanian and French. It described both languages as products of a shared Latin heritage that developed differently over the centuries while retaining a common root. Its message illustrated the point with words such as “lumină” and “lumière,” “libertate” and “liberté,” and “poem” and “poème.”
Happy Romanian Language Day to the Romanian language and to everyone who speaks it, learns it, loves it and cherishes it!
The French diplomats said languages can act as bridges between cultures and people, and celebrated the connection between the two cultures. The U.S. Embassy also posted a video highlighting Romanian words that are difficult to translate into a single word in other languages.
On Romanian Language Day, we celebrate a language that brings us closer. Romanian and French share the same Latin heritage.
Romanian Language Day is observed on Aug. 31. It has been celebrated in Moldova since 1990 and Romania since 2013, while Ukraine will mark it from 2026. Romanian law allows public institutions, diplomatic missions and cultural institutes to organise educational and cultural events for the occasion.
Beyond differences, these words remind us that languages can be bridges that unite cultures and people.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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