European Day of Languages
Posted on22 October 2013
Project manager Gabi Hojnosova has visited Prae Wood Primary School in St Albans on 26th of September to celebrate and promote European Day of Languages, which has been proclaimed...
2013 ATC Conference
Posted on9 October 2013
On Friday 27 September 2013, I was delighted to attend the annual conference for the ATC – the Association of Translation Companies. Founded in 1976, the ATC is, perhaps,...
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...
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...
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 1
Posted on14 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...
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!...
Why do we get confused about the Chinese language?
Posted on6 August 2013
Are you confused about the “different types” of Chinese? Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese? Too complicated? Let’s simplify things… Simplified Chinese VS Traditional Chinese: These two...
Quirky Foreign Words the English Language is Missing!
Posted on5 June 2013
Ever felt your waistband tighten after raiding the fridge at the end of an overly stressful day at work? That’ll be a case of ‘grief bacon’ (or kummerspeck), as...
Dying Languages
Posted on13 February 2013
In today’s internationally connected world, a chief concern for many language enthusiasts is the extinction of certain languages and dialects. In 2005, Ethnologue: Languages of the World listed 6,909...