Introduction The debate over the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) vs. human capabilities is more relevant than ever. While it’s easy to fall into the trap of viewing them as rivals, the real question is how the two can work together to be more effective. A recent conversation inside Monterey Language Service highlighted this future […]

Introduction When it comes to professional copyediting, the conventional wisdom is that professional translators and editors generally perform better than AI. However, we may find striking similarities between an AI’s output and the professionally edited version. Recently, we experienced an intriguing situation: after copyediting and publishing a text on our website, we later asked an […]

Behind the Scenes Flipbook Link: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/295aedfedf.html How did the idea come up? One of the participating interpreters Sasha commented: The thought of coming up with such a book is already an achievement. That’s right, the idea to give advice to future interpreters didn’t occur to us until after having completed a series we did that […]

Behind the Scenes Part VI We often present clients with guidance on how to work with interpreters, and frequently get asked about AI. This is because many people are waiting for the day that they can simply go online and use AI to seamlessly translate between two different languages, but we would like to say […]

Behind the Scenes Part III: Interpreters and Music Video link: https://youtu.be/dATBteNQ-zY?si=bgPDXw-3FblyfnaW Picking up where we left off on our previous behind the scenes diversity blog, we are certain that there is one thing that AI has yet to really accomplish. AI’s inability to generate something unique in music and in interpretation is something interesting to […]

Behind the Scenes Part II Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0vHQPHXA8 Though the industry has been working to have AI better replicate emotion, the current AI is still very monotonous and one-note in terms of its ability to express emotion. As our Chinese colleague Yingjie, who has been involved in natural language AI, commented: It is too early […]

Behind the Scenes Series Part I Video Link: https://youtu.be/yl0vHQPHXA8 After watching the video, don’t you go thinking that we only sing and dance as interpreters! One of the interpreters featured in the video, Fadhma, was so inspirational with her words, and prompted us to write the behind the scenes story. Interpretation is such an abstract […]

Artificial Intelligence has been in the spotlight. Let’s start with one of the most famous AIs right now, Chat GPT. Currently, it is open for free use to anyone. It is a very versatile AI that can actually have a sustained conversation with the user. All you need to do is simply enter a query […]

As a translation and interpretation provider, Monterey Language Services prides itself on being able to provide expert translation to our clients. We often work with expert translators and interpreters who have just the right background and specialization to complete our clients’ projects, no matter how technical or specialized. What makes an expert translator? Generally, it’s […]