Fran Meets World | Diwali the Festival of Light
I was drawn to this festival immediately when I read that you have to wear new clothes and dedicate most of the time to shopping and secondly, as it...
Fran Meets World | Halloween 2015
I was born in the month of Halloween. I’m not sure if this says something about me but when I was little, I really wanted to have powers like...
Fran Meets World | End of Summer
October is here already, and with it is that feeling of dread of a long, dark and rainy winter at our doorstep. Even though we didn’t have the best...
Fran Meets World | Rugby World Cup 2015
The Rugby world cup has started which is fun for loads of people but I really don’t understand the rules, it looks to me like the players are constantly...
Fran Meets World | International Translation Day
I studied languages at school so I know how hard it is to learn a different language and become fluent, (I’m using the word ‘fluent’ loosely in my case)...
Tsukimi, Moon viewing
This month at Atlas we have had an influx of Japanese translations. As a result of this, we decided to find out a bit more about what the Japanese...
Hungry Ghost Festival – August 2012
Unlike the rest of the team at Atlas I am very superstitious. When one of our Chinese translators found this out, they told me about this traditional Chinese festival...