Easter Eggs
Posted on26 March 2013
Like many others, our favourite Easter activity here at Atlas is eating Easter eggs! The Easter egg signifies the empty tomb of Jesus. Birds hatch from eggs and therefore...
Staff News – Atlas Pancake Day 2013 race!
Posted on13 March 2013
Last month, Atlas was ‘flipping’ delighted to take part in the St Albans Pancake Race 2013, an annual event which traditionally takes place outside the Old Town Hall each...
Getting published: dos and don’ts – a very handy guide
Posted on11 March 2013
At our Atlas Open Day in November 2012, we were delighted to meet Rachel Malcolm, attending as a freelancer and also in her capacity as ITI Bulletin Editor. Rachel...
Subtitling vs Dubbing
Posted on6 March 2013
First and foremost, I hope everyone is familiar with what these two terms mean, it’s Subtitling vs Dubbing! If not, here are the definitions below: Subtitling = the words...
Imperial College London TSU
Posted on5 March 2013
As a keen advocate for the promotion of language learning in the UK, Atlas was very disappointed to recently read that the Translation Studies Unit at Imperial College London...
Capita – second fishiest outsourcing firm
Posted on4 March 2013
Well we’re almost a year on following endless delays, cancellations, judicial collapses…and the recruitment of various species of the animal kingdom instead of fully qualified interpreters. While Capita Translation and...
Working from home, the office, or Necker Island.
Posted on27 February 2013
There’s a news report out about working from home : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21588760 The new Chief Executive of Yahoo is dragging all her home workers back in to the office. Meanwhile...
Interpreting politics – the importance of language
Posted on20 February 2013
There’s no doubt that interpreting politics 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...
Fifth and final top tax tip from Anthony
Posted on19 February 2013
At our open day in November 2012, we were delighted that Antony Federer from Rayner Essex accountants popped in with cake, and to give a talk entitled “Tax Tips...
Is simultaneous translation by computer getting closer?
Posted on18 February 2013
When choosing my major in translation and interpreting, I still remember how one of my friends pointed out, to my great disappointment, that in 20 years time language would...
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...
Fun ways to learn a new language
Posted on12 February 2013
For many of us, the start of a New Year is the time to dust off our language dictionaries and workbooks and decide to learn a new language. But...