Novels In Translation: The Little Prince
Posted on27 July 2018
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is a novella written by French author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was originally published in 1943 in the author’s native tongue,...
How studying languages at A-Level has improved my global awareness, memory and highlighter collection
Posted on19 June 2018
For many reading this blog post, studying for A-level exams will seem like a distant memory! Everyone who becomes a professional linguist has to start somewhere. And this week...
Growing up in the UK as British-Iranian by Sarah Esfandiari
Posted on25 May 2018
In 1996, my parents and my older sister, collectively moved to Glasgow, Scotland from Tehran, Iran – of course, with my parents being born and raised in the mysterious...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Dutch
Posted on13 March 2018
Translation into Dutch We do enjoy a bit of Dutch Translation – and Dutch Interpreting! Dutch is the national language of the Netherlands, a small country in north-western Europe....
The Urban Dictionary
Posted on25 January 2018
At a translation agency, you never know what you’ll need to translate next – but sometimes it’s just a case of clarifying the meaning of a term! In 1999,...
Google Translate Sings… Christmas Songs!
Posted on15 December 2017
A career in translation – well you never know where it might take you, as Malinda Kathleen Reese consistently shows! Not just written translation and interpreting… This week we’re...
Google Translate Singing…. Thriller
Posted on16 November 2017
At Atlas Translations we are big fans of Malinda Kathleen Reese and her singing translations. We hope you enjoy this too! This month’s featured Google Translate sings from the...
Translation into – Songs with Lyrics or Influence from other Languages
Posted on10 November 2017
Songs This week we’re looking at songs which are famous over here in the UK, which contain lyrics of influence from other languages. Les Cactus – The Last Shadow...
12 Weeks to make a difference to your Business
Posted on17 October 2017
12 Weeks to make a difference to your Business Every business I’ve met, start-up to established, is always searching for new clients and work. One way many companies do...
Google Translate sings…. Autocaption sings!
Posted on12 October 2017
This month the talented Malinda Kathleen Reese discovers what happens when you run song lyrics through autocaptions.
Atlas Translations Instagram
Posted on5 October 2017
When Instagram was first… ‘invented’ (?) it went from 0 registered users to 1 million users in the first 2 months of … ‘inventedness’ (not a real word now...
Despacito by Google Translate
Posted on12 September 2017
This month we’re featuring the talented Malinda Kathleen Reese singing hit of the summer Despacito. The Spanish word despacito means slowly in English, but what will Google make of it?