“In total, 95 audio guides have already been launched in 51 countries.”, — write: www.president.gov.ua
The First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, spoke about the results of projects initiated by her to create Ukrainian-language audio guides and Ukrainian bookshelves in the world.
In particular, during this year, 18 Ukrainian-language audio guides were launched:
The Netherlands – Van Gogh Museum;
Japan – Memorial Peace Museum in Hiroshima;
Latvia – Museum of the Occupation of Latvia;
Sweden – Nobel Prize Museum;
Austria – Vienna’s Hofburg Palace;
Finland – Axeli Gallen-Kallel Museum in Espoo;
Serbia – Museum-fortress Kalemegdan;
UAE – Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi;
Cyprus – Anastasios Leventis Art Gallery;
Peru – A place of memory, tolerance and social inclusion in the city of Lima;
Germany – Barberini Museum;
Belgium – Royal Museums of Fine Arts;
Mexico – tourist excursion buses of the city of Mexico City Capital Bus;
Argentina – sightseeing bus routes in Buenos Aires;
Vatican – Vatican Museums;
Lithuania – Museum of Church Heritage in the city of Vilnius;
Italy – Ukrainian-language MyPompeii mobile application in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
In the last days of this year, the Ukrainian audio guide also became available in Croatia – in the Museum of Krapin Neanderthals.
“The path that people have traveled over hundreds of thousands of years of their history is impressive and encouraging. That’s not why humanity came out of the caves, to now live with a cave consciousness. Therefore, it should restrain aggression and preserve humanistic civilization,” the first lady said.
Olena Zelenska emphasized that audio translation into Ukrainian helps our compatriots better understand countries, their culture and history. In addition, it provides the sound of the Ukrainian language. In total, 95 audio guides have already been launched in 51 countries.
Within the framework of another project – “Ukrainian book shelves” – hundreds of Ukrainian books were transferred to the Winnipeg Public Library and Mississauga Central Library (Canada), the library of the American University (Cyprus), the library of Astana IT University (Kazakhstan), the Language Bureau in just the last two months and literature of the city of Muara (Brunei), the library of the University of La Sabana (Peru), the library of the Juliana Reformed Secondary School (Hungary), the National Library Azerbaijan.
This project now covers 54 countries and the headquarters of UNESCO. In total, there are about 220 shelves where more than 55,000 items are available. books
“Thank you to all embassies, consulates, diplomats and activists who make this happen. This is how the Ukrainian language and culture build bridges of understanding between our country and the world,” the first lady concluded.
