Translation Agency Tips: #10 Translating in Excel
Thanks for checking out our blog series on tips for language professionals! Welcome to number 10, translating in Excel. While we appreciate that freelance linguists are of course experts...
Fran Meets World | January Blues
January feels like a never-ending Monday. I always feel so blue after all the Christmas shenanigans (many of which I find it hard to recollect for some reason) and...
Staff News: Goodbye to Christina Work Placement & Merry Christmas!
The festive period is now in full swing and the holidays are nearly upon us! Thank you to all of our lovely clients and suppliers for the cards and...
Translation Agency Tips: #9 Researching & Dealing with Queries
Whether you’re translating, proofreading or transcribing, projects will inevitably throw up a few queries as you seek to gain a firm understanding of a source text. Most clients will...
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...
Translation Agency Tips: #8 Translating in Word
Word is definitely the most popular format that our clients send us documents in, and which translators work and deliver their translations in. It is fairly simple to use...
Polar Bear Plunge
In April 2016 the husband of our Director Clare Suttie, Ed will be venturing to the North Pole to raise money for a host of great charities including Earthworks,...
Translation Agency Tips: #7 You’ve been offered a translation job by the client. What should you do next?
You’ve been offered a new translation job. Great news! Let’s start working on it! The first thing to do is to make sure that you’re comfortable with the subject...
Translation Agency Tips: #6 You’ve been approved by an agency – so where is the work?
At Atlas, we deal with supplier applications on a daily basis and there are thousands of freelancers who have been approved to work with us. Unfortunately, it is impossible...
Thanksgiving 2015
Last week, Americans celebrated their national holiday Thanksgiving, so we asked our resident American Christa to share some of her favourite Thanksgiving traditions with us! Please be sure to...