"Wakacje zaczną się w czerwcu."

Translation: The vacation will begin in June.

[one_half_3544]

'holidays start in June' should be accepted as present simple usage for future events is ok. Not sure if this is compatible with the 'literal translation' rule here, however...

[Jellei]

Well, that would be "zaczynają się". Maybe that's some 'news' that they will begin in June, and not a general rule that it's like that every year.

[OrsonRosas]

Any reason "wakacje" wouldn't translate as "vacation(s)"?

[Jellei]

It works, but it seems it should even be the main answer - changed now.

[AlisonSinc]

Or reason why we can't have 'the holidays begin in June'? (I think we are encountering a UK vs US usage here).

[TrevorChri14]

"The vacation...", otherwise it goes uncountable, and becomes something like the idea of a vacation.

[NathanNort10]

Why not: "The vacation begins in June."?

[Jellei]

Given how similar Present Tense and Future Simple may be in Polish, we are very strict in terms of using tenses in the translation. "zaczną się" is Future Simple, therefore we require "will begin/are going to begin". Your sentence is "zaczynają się".