L'Atelier Translations

21/07/2017

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/07/trump-interpreters/532968/?utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Language+News+From+Around+the+Web+-+July+2017&__s=eagv1uwotcpowpfjxasa

During meetings like the Trump-Putin summit on Friday, someone has to bridge the language gap. But who are they, and how do they do their work?

12/07/2017

http://trib.al/m7QojyJ

"Opening Pandora's box" is a common metaphor in modern speech, it means to perform an action that may seem innocent, but that turns out to have severely ne

13/08/2016

30/07/2016

Friday humor
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20/07/2016

And that's a wonderful thing.

(via bit.ly/29SJSLr)

06/04/2016

Woop woop, it's the sound of the grammar police!

03/04/2016

There seem to be some common misconceptions about translations. Using a list of 11 points, I will clarify what translations are not, so that people placing translation jobs, such as entrepreneurs, ma…

23/03/2016

20/02/2016

12 French expressions, translated literally with hilarious results!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/french-expressions-translated-literally #.ggQ0pRJ3P

02/02/2016