Cherokee – Endangered Languages
This is the first in our new series which will be taking a look at some of the languages around the world which are considered to be endangered. There...
Novels In Translation: The Little Prince
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
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...
How studying languages at A-Level has improved my global awareness, memory and highlighter collection
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...
Growing up in the UK as British-Iranian by Sarah Esfandiari
In 1996, my parents and my older sister, collectively moved to Glasgow, Scotland from Tehran, Iran – of course, with my parents being born and raised in the mysterious...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Japanese
Japanese (日本語 Nihongo) is a Japonic language spoken by 126 million people worldwide. As the official language of Japan it also holds official status in the Pacific Island Angaur....
Atlas Translations: Translation into Urdu
Urdu translation – yes, we can help! Urdu is the official language of Pakistan and some Indian states. It is part of the Hindustani language group, which also includes...
Atlas Translations: Translation into Mongolian
Here at Atlas we do get a reasonable amount of English to Mongolian translation work – but it must be one of the languages which we know the least...
Fran Meets World | April Fool’s Day
With April Fool’s just around the corner, we thought we’d take a look back at a blog written by Francesca back in 2016, looking at various customs, and how...
Atlas Translations: Translation into French
French is the official language in 29 countries and is spoken by more than 200 million people over the world, which ranked la langue de Molière to the 6th...