24/7 Telephone Interpreting Travelling Adventure – Part 3
Posted on4 October 2013
Meet John and Cait. They have embarked on a travelling adventure, starting in England and ending up (hopefully) in China. Over the course of their journey they will come...
Translation Blunder of the Month
Posted on3 October 2013
The American Dairy Association’s huge success with its “Got Milk?” campaign was unfortunately not mirrored in the Spanish-speaking market, where it translated to “Are you lactating?” Luckily enough for...
Can I just book an interpreter for an hour? NO – but you could consider telephone interpreting…
Posted on16 September 2013
Face-to-face interpreting services at Atlas are booked based on a daily rate and in exceptional circumstances a half-day rate. We are often asked if an interpreter can be booked...
Children’s Society Brew and Bake week
Posted on12 September 2013
At Atlas we are keen to do our bit for charity and when we heard about The Children’s Society Brew and Bake week we couldn’t wait to join in...
Films for Translators
Posted on6 September 2013
After our recent blog about the top 5 ‘Songs for Translators’, we thought we’d follow up with a similar article on films. Please see below for our top 5...
Studying translation vs. actually working in a translation agency
Posted on4 September 2013
I was very confident before I came to Atlas, and would never have imagined the type of problems that I would encounter when I started my work placement. At...
eCPD Webinar – Learn to love translation agencies!
Posted on3 September 2013
Clare Suttie, director at Atlas Translations, ran a webinar in August in partnership with eCPD Webinars. eCPD offers high-quality online training and online webinars to help translators, interpreters and...
24/7 Telephone Interpreting Travelling Adventure – Part 2
Posted on29 August 2013
Meet John and Cait. They have embarked on a travelling adventure, starting in England and ending up (hopefully) in China. Over the course of their journey they will come...
Translation Agency Work Placement Update
Posted on21 August 2013
We asked Stefania about her work placement with us so far. Stefania has a bachelor’s degree in Cultural and Linguistic Mediation as well as experience working in translation and...
10 top tips for completing the Atlas Translations supplier application form
Posted on20 August 2013
If you would like to work with Atlas Translations as a freelance translator or interpreter on translation and interpreting projects, here are a few tips to help you fill...
Can I have my translation tomorrow?
Posted on13 August 2013
Anna Davies is the Manager at Atlas Translations, and has been with us since 2004. As you can imagine, she’s dealt with a lot of work in that time!...
Top five tips for Freelancers submitting invoices to Atlas Translations
Posted on12 August 2013
The best part of a freelancer’s job can be when they get paid for all their hard work. So we asked Carol, our Accounts Manager who is responsible for...