A commemorative ceremony was held at the Temple of Confucius in Qufu City, east China's Shandong Province, on Tuesday, as September 28 this year marks Chinese sage Confucius' 2,572nd birthday.
9月28日是中国圣人孔子诞辰2572周年。周二，在山东省曲阜市孔庙举行了纪念仪式。
A series of memorial and cultural exchange activities have been held at his birthplace.
一系列纪念活动和文化交流活动在孔子的出生地举办。
On Monday, three programs from Mexico, Egypt and Cote d'Ivoire, respectively, were awarded this year's UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in Qufu.
周一，墨西哥、埃及和科特迪瓦的三个项目分别在曲阜获得了今年的联合国教科文组织孔子教育奖。
It also marked the opening of the 2021 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival.
这也标志着2021年中国(曲阜)国际孔子文化节拉开序幕。
The award winners include a "Building and Growing" program from Mexico, an Egyptian program offering online literacy classes for rural areas,
获奖项目包括来自墨西哥的“建设与成长”计划、来自埃及的为农村地区提供在线教育课程的计划，
and a functional literacy program for traders in Abidjan through the use of information and communications technology from Cote d'Ivoire.
以及来自科特迪瓦的通过信息通信技术为阿比让的商人开展的实用教育计划。
Coinciding with the festival, the Seventh Nishan Forum on World Civilizations was launched on Monday night, drawing 180 scholars from home and abroad,
恰逢孔子文化节，第七届尼山世界文明论坛于周一晚启动，吸引了来自海内外的180位学者，
and 38 diplomatic envoys who came to discuss the ancient wisdom of Confucianism and explore the bright future of mankind.
以及38位外交使节，共话儒家古老智慧，探寻人类美好未来。
Themed "Dialogues among Civilizations and Global Cooperation,"
为期两天的活动以“文明对话与全球合作”为主题，
the two-day event features high-level dialogues and a series of activities to boost international cooperation and development.
以高层对话和一系列促进国际合作与发展的活动为特色。
Qin Changwei, secretary-general of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO,
中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会秘书长秦长伟表示，
said this year's prize takes eradicating functional illiteracy and digital empowerment as its focus.
今年的奖项以消除功能性文盲和数字赋权为重点。
The Confucius Prize for Literacy was established in 2005 to recognize the efforts of individuals, governments and NGOs in raising the literacy rate.
孔子教育奖设立于2005年，以表彰个人、政府和非政府组织在提高识字率方面所做的努力。
Chinese educator, thinker and philosopher Confucius (551-479 B.C.) was born in Qufu City on September 28 2,572 years ago.
中国教育家、思想家和哲学家孔子(公元前551-479年)于2572年前的9月28日出生于曲阜市。
He founded Confucianism, a school of thought that had a profound influence.
他创立了儒家学派，影响深远。
He was also the first to set up private schools in China that enrolled students from different social classes,
他也是第一个在中国建立私立学校，招收来自不同社会阶层学生的人，
and has influenced countless generations of Chinese society.
他影响了中国社会的无数代人。