During this pandemic, it has become increasingly common, even necessary for jobs to be shifted from on-site to remote. Chances are, if you are a translator, you are spending most of your work time at home rather than in an office. Though working from home might not feel like too much of a change, besides […]

As a modern translator, there are many tools that are available now that translators in the past could only dream of having. Tools such as machine translation, spell check, macros, and online dictionaries are regularly used, leading to faster and even more accurate translations than translations of the past. However, one tool that translators might […]

With the turn of the year, we at Monterey Language Services look forward to greeting the new year with our friends and colleagues! We can now look towards the future and remember that 2021 is a fresh start and will hold great things for all of us! Happy New Year from everyone here at Monterey […]

The main point of this post is to make sure that you are not trying to always do a one to one translation of the source text. Unless the specific field you are translating calls for a one to one translation, it will be much more difficult to read in the target language, and it […]

In the last post, we talked about the value of making relationships between Language Service Providers (LSPs) and language buyers. For the next part of this two part blog post, we will talk about recommendations on how to make these relationships. As mentioned in the previous post, creating and maintaining a strong relationship is very […]

Between language buyers and language service providers (LSPs), there is always a need to manage the relationship between one another. Simply put, without the buyer, there is no work for the LSP and without the LSP, the buyer will be at a loss too. It is therefore important to create and maintain a good relationship […]

Language interpretation is commonly understood as a one to one job; for most cases, there are only two languages involved and the interpreter goes back and forth between the languages. But sometimes there are situations when multiple interpreters are needed because there are multiple target languages or that there is a rare language involved that […]

One misconception people have when it comes to translation is that the process ends at translation. After the translator finishes the translation, they just submit it and that’s it. Of course, anyone acquainted with the translation industry would know that this rarely ever happens. It’s always about team work. At Monterey Language Services, we are […]

Translation can be a trick business and there are a lot of different things that need to be kept in mind while working. For example, in technical translation, you want to avoid flowery language and instead make sure that you are translating the concepts written in a straightforward way with little to no room for […]

Many people confuse localization with internationalization or just think internationalization is a part of localization. However, while they might seem similar, internationalization and localization are overall two different things altogether. Knowing the difference between the two and how to identify each one will be something that will help you set yourself apart from the crowd. […]