The animal kingdom features very heavily in idioms whatever language you speak. From leapfrogging and fishing for compliments to raining cats and dogs, creatures are to be found in lots of different phrases. Here are some examples from other languages, alongside their...
Summer is in full swing here in the UK. Now's the time to crack open the cool beverages and unfurl the picnic blankets from the bottom of the drawer. We can spend some quality time outdoors – at the riverside, in the park or at the beach. But with temperatures rising,...
Rumour once had it that the phrases one more for the road and on the wagon both came from the long journey from prison to the hangman’s noose. It has often been claimed that one more for the road came from the habit of the local inns offering prisoners a final drink...
With the summer solstice fast approaching, the Nordic nations are gearing up for their famous Midsummer celebrations. Originally held on the 23 June (Midsummer’s Eve) and 24 June, these now take place on a Friday between 19 and 26 June in Sweden and Finland –...
At a purely grammatical level, the question of gender is not much of an issue for modern-day English. In fact, we got rid of grammatical gender many moons ago following the Middle Ages, with feminised nouns such as authoress and poetess having long since fallen out of...
Believe it or not, in Ancient Greece the sky was not bright blue. It was bronze. Ancient Greeks were not colour blind, but instead of thinking in colours, they thought in a scale of brightness – and to them the sky seemed incredibly bright, just like shiny bronze...
Rebellious Forests Wins Silver at the 2024 ICMA We are absolutely delighted to announce that our English translation of the photography book Rebellious Forests has won Silver at the 2024 International Creative Media Award (ICMA). Focused on custom media, books,...
Project Management for Translations Our project manager Laura recently packed her bags for the Serbian capital of Belgrade to attend a three-day project management conference organised by the European Language Industry Association (ELIA). This was by no means our...
This is your second time with First Edition as you first started with us in 2011 and have been "away" for 8 years. Is it a different experience now? Has anything changed compared to the first time? Eight years, three children, a global pandemic and remote working –...
Last month we greeted a new team member, Brigitta at the Commercial Department and today we are glad to welcome another new (well… returning) team member at our Editorial Department. Everyone, meet Karima! Some of you might remember her from 9 years ago when she first...