Children's TV programmes
Posted on23 October 2012
You’d think that it would be straightforward translating the scripts children’s TV programmes, right? Watching Bob El Constructor, Tomas y Sus Amigos, and Bananas en Pijamas recently (yes, that’s...
Hertfordshire Business Awards 2012
Posted on22 October 2012
After two days of intense judging, the finalists in the Hertfordshire Business Awards 2012 have been announced. The prestigious awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 29 at...
7 Commonly used and misused punctuation marks
Posted on15 October 2012
Punctuction, read our guide to misused punctuation marks 1 – Comma (,) Use commas to separate items in a series. Example: Our itinerary included Rome, London, and Madrid. Use...
Where are they now – work placement feedback
Posted on10 October 2012
As part of an entry for a Supporting Young People award, we asked some of our former placements to let us know what they are doing now – and...
Los Locos Ingleses
Posted on9 October 2012
On the 16th October, Paul Small, Mark Bunting, Paul Browning, Richard March, Paul Rosenthal, Sam Skuce and Karen Zammit will embark on a cycle ride of 1200KM from St Albans...
Polish and English false friends
Posted on3 October 2012
Over to one of our amazing work placement students Magda, on the subject of false friends… in language terms, false friends are pairs of words or phrases in two...
Interpreting politics – the importance of language
Posted on27 September 2012
There’s no doubt that political jargon is often hard to decipher, so imagine dedicating a career to it –that’s what you’d be doing if you were part of the...
How do you choose a translation agency?
Posted on26 September 2012
How do you choose a translation agency? You may find it hard to choose who to use for your translation work –anyone can put together a nice website but...
Google Translate
Posted on20 September 2012
The Limitations of Google Translate The continual development of Machine Translation can be a cause for concern amongst ranks in the translation industry. After all, the mechanisation process which...
Note to McDonald’s – Could try harder
Posted on19 September 2012
Here at Atlas Translations, we were interested to read that McDonald’s billboards written in the Hmong language went up this week in two locations in Minnesota, US. It’s the...
Atlas Notarisation and Certified Translation Services
Posted on18 September 2012
Notarisation and Certified Translation – it doesn’t need to be complicated! Read our guide to Notarisation and Certified Translation What is Notarisation and Certified Translation? Notarisation and Certified Translation are...
Lotus throwing festival in Bang Phil
Posted on17 September 2012
One of our translators went to see the Lotus throwing festival last year and came back raving about it! Apparently it essential to put onto your bucket list. In September/October every...