Novels In Translation: The Little Prince
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
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
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
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
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!
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...