Breast Tea Ever – June 14th
Posted on30 May 2017
Breast Tea Ever Here at Atlas Translations, when we aren’t busy translating legal documents, websites, books or reports, organising interpreting or indeed live conference interpreting (to list some recent...
Translation into German
Posted on25 May 2017
In our new ‘translation into’ blog series, we’ll be featuring several different languages. We’ll take a look at some of the interesting facts, some issues we face when working...
Novels in Translation: George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four
Posted on4 May 2017
1984 by George Orwell occupies sixth place on The Editor’s ‘Modern Library 100 Best Novels’ and came eighth in the BBC’s survey The Big Read. This hugely acclaimed dystopian...
Novels in Translation: Alice in Wonderland
Posted on20 April 2017
In its 150 year history Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into 174 languages (in varying dialects). This includes every major language, a number of minor ones, some...
Translation Agency Tips: #50: You’ve delivered your translation. Now what?
Posted on11 April 2017
So you’ve delivered your translation by email (on time!) and are not waiting for a proofread version or the answers to any queries you’ve raised, now what? Let’s take...
Translation Agency Tips: #47: Backing up your Work
Posted on16 March 2017
What’s the reason for backing up data on your PC? Nowadays, many people work with a computer or a laptop to do their job. It is crucial that your...
Translation Agency Tips: #46: Splitting a Translation Project
Posted on8 March 2017
Often large translation and urgent projects will need to be split between different translators to ensure a deadline is met. Here are few pointers on things to look out...
Translation Agency Tips: #44: Working with International Translations and Clients
Posted on14 February 2017
Due to the intrinsic nature of the translation industry, it is almost inevitable that sooner or later, whether it be frequently or rarely, you’ll be working with someone based...
Translation Agency Tips: #43: Translating Subtitles
Posted on1 February 2017
Subtitles play a central role in films around the world. Allowing speakers of different languages access to films they would otherwise not understand. Many (if not most) film goers...
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: #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...