Many moons ago – 50th Anniversary of the moon landing
Posted on19 July 2019
50th Anniversary of the moon landing What started out as mere fiction in the early 20th century became reality 50 years ago and to this day is one of...
Word of the Day
Posted on6 June 2019
Learn a new language or broaden your vocabulary with the “word of the day”! Word of the Day? Several times a day, do you find yourself wasting precious time...
Counselling Foundation
Posted on11 April 2019
One of the local charities Atlas Translations is delighted to support is the Counselling Foundation. Their mission is to ensure long term counselling is available to anyone experiencing anxiety,...
Anne Frank in Translation
Posted on7 March 2019
Language and translation in Anne Frank: the diary of a young girl Reading Anne Frank as someone working in the translation industry one notices how central language is to...
St David’s Day
Posted on1 March 2019
Happy St David’s Day – Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Being a quarter Welsh (maiden name ‘Morgan’ thankyouverymuch), I have taken it upon myself to chat to you about St...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce
Posted on22 February 2019
Atlas offers a very personal translation service to Devon and the South West! Many, many years ago (well, in 1991) when we started, location was everything, so we had...
Valentine’s Day
Posted on14 February 2019
Did anyone notice Valentine’s day was coming up? Someone should probably tell the major retailers and social media platforms? Sense my sarcasm? Let’s start with the history bit as...
Translation into Swedish
Posted on11 February 2019
Swedish It is interesting that so many Swedish exports have found significant success in the UK. Abba, Bjorn Borg, IKEA, Pippi Longstocking, Steig Larsson and Zlatan, along with many...
Greek Mythology in Language and Translation
Posted on8 November 2018
In the summer we had the wonderful Alice with us on a work experience placement. While here, Alice took a look at Greek myths and the impact these have...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Finnish
Posted on9 October 2018
Translation into Finnish Finnish is one of the few languages which are spoken in Europe but which do not belong to the Indo-European family group. Like Estonian, spoken across...
IgnITIon – ITI Student Bulletin
Posted on4 October 2018
As an established translation agency (since 1991!) we have always had lots of enquiries from: Students Teachers People wanting a career change Translators and interpreters starting out We refer...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Basque
Posted on14 September 2018
The Basque language, also known as Euskara is a language isolate, the only remnant of the languages spoken in Southwestern Europe before the region was Romanised in the 1st...