Facebook friends can now translate posts in different languages to their default language. In this era of social media and instant communication, translation has stepped up to meet the needs for the Facebook generation. Most people have some friends on Facebook who speaks more than one language; personally I see posts in Spanish, Italian, French, […]

Professional interpreters are extremely important in order to avoid misunderstandings on the job. Amateurs and machines often cannot get the job done correctly. People in the translation and interpretation business stress the importance of having a professional on site, no matter what the job is. In an everyday conversation using a bilingual friend or relative […]

Interpreters provide the bridge for language barriers to be crossed. Fact: In order to interact with any person, one must have proper common ground. Fact: People need social interaction to fully be a part of society. Fiction: It is difficult to connect with someone of a different language origin. Even if you don’t believe these […]

Siri, Apple’s new iPhone 4S app, is still struggling with picking up dialects and its ability to recognize language, so this application is long in the works.  New technologies come up almost every day with ways to make life easier and more efficient, but may not cover the entire subject. For example, in the case […]

It is the time of the year when the Chinese people celebrate the full moon.  Speaking of the full moon, it plays a major role in folk tales.  It is when werewolves come to life.  A werewolf is of course a human who turns into a wolf.  It is worth noting the origin of the […]

  Do you know how it feels to handle 19 languages in one week? You might think it is a lot to manage, but in fact, it is AWESOME! Other than dealing with the language routine, we amuse ourselves with some of the interesting differences between languages. Did you know that… – translation of “Sincerely […]

by Mei-Ling Chen A new client commented: “I trust you will get the meaning as well as the words in all translations. It is very important.” When customers say this to us, as Director of Translation for many years, I understand what they mean. It is vital to get the correct meaning in translation. Even […]

Recently quite a few new friends have “liked” us on Facebook. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our friends from all across the U.S. and let them know a little bit about who we are and what we do! Our team is made up of graduates and students from the Monterey Institute […]

As a director of translation for years, I have worked with many translators and interpreters.  The most important quality I found in them is being responsible and taking their jobs to the heart.  It’s such a pleasure to work with them.   Here is one good example.  ~Mei-Ling Chen by Lee Eisenberg I have done many […]

‘Fresh Produce’ is gaining awareness everywhere in the world.  Fresh produce markets (or Farmer’s market) are sprouting up all over, in cities big and small.  Many of these Farmer’s markets specialize in local, organically grown products. We were curious about the official translation of the term ‘fresh produce’ in other languages. Our search in Spanish […]