Translation Agency Tips: #37: Tips for an editing/amending assignments
Posted on27 October 2016
You’ve just delivered a translation to a client and you’re about to make yourself a cup of tea before you start working on a new project. Sounds like a...
Translation Agency Tips: #36 Communicating with Clients
Posted on19 October 2016
We are all about communicating here at Atlas Translations; it is one of our best assets! When we are in the office we are here for clients and suppliers...
Translation Agency Tips: #35 How best to use reference material
Posted on10 October 2016
Whether the source materials you’ve been given to work on are of a technical nature or whether they’re fairly straightforward, if your client has provided you with some reference...
Translation Agency Tips: #34 My translation is going to be late. What’s the best way to deal with this?
Posted on27 September 2016
In a previous blog we discussed what to do in the event you’re experiencing IT difficulties, and mentioned the importance of contacting your client as soon as you can...
Translation Agency Tips: #33 When things get too technical…
Posted on22 September 2016
You’ve been offered a job from a client and of course the first thing you want to do before accepting the project, is to check the documents and make...
Translation Agency Tips: #32 IT Problems
Posted on2 September 2016
When you work with computers on a day to day basis, sooner or later you are bound to experience some IT problems, and you can guarantee it will be...
Translation Agency Tips: #31 Marketing Translations
Posted on23 August 2016
The three most popular subject areas we receive texts for translation in, are legal, medical and marketing. While it is common knowledge that legal and medical texts, (which are...
Translation Agency Tips: #30 How to be a really popular interpreter with your clients
Posted on9 August 2016
Atlas offer a broad range of different interpreting services, and have a good deal of experience with different types of interpreting assignments, but regardless of which type(s) of interpreting...
Translation Agency Tips: #29 You've been offered a transcription assignment, what should you do next?
Posted on2 August 2016
The first step on your transcription assignment will be to check over the audio file you’ve been sent, to make sure the material is in your mother tongue and...
Translation Agency Tips: #28 On-going CPD
Posted on27 July 2016
Whether you’ve been a professional translator or interpreter for many years, or you’re just beginning your career in the translation industry, it’s important to continue enhancing your skills and develop...
Translation Agency Tips: #27 Active Networking
Posted on20 July 2016
Earlier in this blog series we’ve touched upon marketing yourself as a freelance linguist and maintaining a good relationship with agencies. In both of those blogs we mentioned networking...
Translation Agency Tips: #26 Formatting Translations
Posted on30 June 2016
When working on a translation project, we may sometimes find it difficult to deal with the formatting of our documents, especially when dealing with complex layouts. It is however...