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...
Tate Easter Eggs
Posted on10 May 2019
I know Easter is a long way behind us now and we are advancing quickly through May, despite the weather suggesting many alternatives to what we expect from standard...
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...
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...
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...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Norwegian
Posted on30 August 2018
Translation into Norwegian Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken by the 5.2 million inhabitants of the Scandinavian nation of Norway (and, surprisingly, 0.4% of people in the American...
Novels In Translation: The Little Prince
Posted on27 July 2018
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,...
Novels in Translation: Les Misérables
Posted on12 July 2018
Les Misérables is perhaps best known as a stage musical and a film from 2012 starring Hugh Jackman, but the moving story was originally a novel written by Victor...