A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens We all know the story of ‘Scrooge’, a mean and bitter man, the protagonist in the novella “A Christmas Carol”. The story is set on Christmas Eve in London, 7 years after the death of Ebeneezer Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley. That night, Scrooge, who passionately hates Christmas, is […]
Today we take a look at Harry Potter and the translation of these books. This collection of 7 novels (known as a “heptalogy”, which sounds a lot like hepatology, which is what liver doctors do) chronicles the adventures of three young wizards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter and his friends Hermione […]
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 the biggest achievements of mankind: Apollo 11, the first successful crewed moon landing on the 20th of July 1969. The following (earth) day at 3am UTC, […]
So you need a professional, ISO certified, quality translation service. But how do you choose a translator? Yes, we do translations. And a lot more. People always wonder how many languages we at Atlas Translations Ltd speak – in fact the most commonly asked question I get is: “How many languages do you speak?” Our […]
Miriana joined us on a UK work placement at the beginning of July and finishes today. In her time at Atlas, she spent many of her weekends travelling to different cities across the UK. Part I: Birmingham It was my first week in the UK, and I was really looking forward to start visiting new […]
For many reading this blog post, studying for A-level exams will seem like a distant memory! Everyone who becomes a professional linguist has to start somewhere. And this week we asked our work experience placement Sam to write about some of her experiences. A-Levels in Languages In an increasingly globalised world, being multilingual has the […]
Translation into Lithuanian We offer a full range of Lithuanian translation and Lithuanian interpreting and transcription services. Lithuanian is European language with around three million native speakers. Roughly 80% of the population of Lithuania are native Lithuanian speakers. There are however large populations of Polish and Russian native speakers. Lithuanian is one of the two […]
Translation into Hindi Hindi is one of the official and most commonly spoken languages in India. It is one of the world’s largest languages; with around 350 million native speakers and 120 million people who use it as a second language. This makes it the fourth most widely spoken language in the world. However the […]
Translation into Welsh Thinking about translation into Welsh? Welsh is a fantastic example of a regional language that has faced multiple struggles and attacks on the culture throughout history, but has somehow risen to survive and even thrive in modern times. For much of Wales’ history, it has been governed by England, and is still […]
Arabic is one of the world’s most spoken languages, with over 280 million native speakers. It’s therefore no surprise that we often receive requests for translation into Arabic. It is not confined to one country either; it is the official or co-official language in 22 countries, mostly in the Middle Eastern and Saharan African regions, […]
