Fran Meets World | Christmas 2015
Oh yes, Christmas again! Non-stop shopping, non-stop eating and most of all non-stop drinking. Who could resist?! Sad to say, the magic of Christmas was ruined rather early for...
Fran Meets World | Sustainable St Albans & New Website Launched!
Our poor earth is becoming more and more polluted every day. Food going to waste, endangered species dying out, ice caps melting… We decided to take action and do our...
Fran Meets World | Diwali the Festival of Light
I was drawn to this festival immediately when I read that you have to wear new clothes and dedicate most of the time to shopping and secondly, as it...
Fran Meets World | Halloween 2015
I was born in the month of Halloween. I’m not sure if this says something about me but when I was little, I really wanted to have powers like...
Fran Meets World | End of Summer
October is here already, and with it is that feeling of dread of a long, dark and rainy winter at our doorstep. Even though we didn’t have the best...
Fran Meets World | Rugby World Cup 2015
The Rugby world cup has started which is fun for loads of people but I really don’t understand the rules, it looks to me like the players are constantly...
Fran Meets World | International Translation Day
I studied languages at school so I know how hard it is to learn a different language and become fluent, (I’m using the word ‘fluent’ loosely in my case)...
Tsukimi, Moon viewing
This month at Atlas we have had an influx of Japanese translations. As a result of this, we decided to find out a bit more about what the Japanese...
Hungry Ghost Festival – August 2012
Unlike the rest of the team at Atlas I am very superstitious. When one of our Chinese translators found this out, they told me about this traditional Chinese festival...