A medical interpreter? What comes to your mind? Medical interpreters, like court interpreters, are considered as “community interpreters” because they usually work within a local community, serving in both public and private sectors. Last October one of our team members joined a medical interpretation training sponsored by California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA). The focus of […]

During the holiday, we saw an inspiring movie, Dancing Across Borders, about a young Cambodian dancer who came to the United States at the age 18 to learn classic ballet.  We cannot help but notice that he found comfort through a Cambodian interpreter and a Cambodian family that the interpreter introduced to him.  This reminds […]

Recently, researchers from Microsoft Corporation gave a presentation in China, showcasing the company’s latest language software, which was able to turn an English speech into Chinese—in the speaker’s own voice. Will this software eventually replace human translators and interpreters? We think not. And here are our thoughts: The technique behind this revolutionary translation and interpretation […]

Fact: As of 2012, among the 7 billion people in the world, roughly half of them are considered to be at least bilingual. Fact: Based on the 2010 data, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics also project 58,400 translation and interpretation jobs available to translators and interpreters. Question: How many professional translators and interpreters […]

The Athletes in the Spotlight Thinking back to the London Olympic Games this past summer, the elegant divers and agile gymnasts delivered near-perfect performances in front of the world and left millions in awe. While we appreciate the outstanding performances of these athletes, it is very easy to overlook the thousands of hours and the […]

The network of interpreters and translators connected with Monterey Language Services, myself included, are human beings with a passion for language. This means that we will not settle for anything less than the highest quality in our services to you, because our definition of quality is directly related to our passion – our “humanness” if […]

High Quality is the core value of Monterey Language Services.  We invite everyone to think quality and share their stories.  This blog is part 1 of our think quality story series.  You are most welcome to share your story by sending it to mei-ling@montereylanguages.com.  If your story is chosen to publish, you will receive a surprise. […]

Large international conferences require interpretation in many different languages. It takes a great deal of preparation, equipment and teamwork to make the conferences successful. Can you imagine the complicated logistics involved? It may involve a dozen sound engineers to make preparations ahead of time.  First, several booths must be set up for the interpreters. Each […]

In a previous blog, we explained various means of delivering Whisper Interpretation. In fact, all simultaneous interpretation involves whispering in order to not disturb others. A booth offers the benefit of further reducing disruptions to the audience and the interpreter. When interpreting inside the booth, the interpreter listens to the speaker through a headset and […]

In Whisper Interpretation, the interpreter whispers the interpretation into the client’s ear. The goal of Whisper Interpretation is always the same – to communicate the meaning to the client without disrupting the presentation, show, or conference. This goal can be accomplished in one of two ways: directly, or with electronic aids. In the direct manner, […]