Monterey Language Services is thrilled that The New York Times is taking part of the global phenomenon and creating an online localized Chinese version of their paper. Translation is an excellent tool to expand business. Companies worldwide are increasingly aware of how translation can help them go global. The expected readers for the Chinese version […]

The blog team here at Monterey Language Services has a special place in our thoughts for endangered languages. Whether from Africa, Mexico, USA, or any country, we believe all languages should be preserved and remembered for the special place in time when they were the means of communication for a group of people. Language is […]

The UEFA Euro 2012 tournament is one of soccer’s biggest tournaments. First, all of the nations in Europe go through a qualification process, battling it out in groups until the top 16 teams emerge. When those teams are selected the tournament has officially begun, along with the necessary broadcasts to over 80 different countries around […]

Triqui (de la baja) is an indigenous language spoken in Oaxacan Mexico. Because the area is increasingly dangerous and violent most native speakers will eventually not only leave the area but also leave the language behind with it. There are an estimated 40,000 people who are fluent in Triqui worldwide. More than half of them […]

The future of English is unclear, however, that won’t stop us from taking some educated guesses about what it could turn out to be. First, it’s probably safe to say that our language will continue to not only evolve, but also continue to mix and meld with other languages. We’ve all heard the term “Spanglish” […]

English is quite possibly the most dynamic language in the world today.  This is due in part to the immigration into Anglophone countries, which has introduced countless new words, and partly to the Norman conquest of England in 1066, which altered English to make it a little bit more like the Romance languages (especially French).  […]

The language English initially started to develop during the fifth century. Since its initial development, there have been four different variations of the English Language: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Late Modern English. The English language spoken today is Late Modern English. Over the years English has evolved very much so in […]

Last Month, Monterey Language Services was featured on the “Your Town” TV show; a local program for the Monterey Area. Throughout the program, Mei-Ling Chen, Tim Sussman, and the host Joy Anderson discuss the resources, quality, and services that we have to offer at Monterey Language Services. Monterey Language Services is a translation and interpretation […]

It is estimated that 25 languages become extinct every year. Every major country has signs that are posted in their countries natural language, as well as English. In this era of globalization, has culture become the main casualty? According to an article posted in The Australian, this has become the case. However, they further go […]

Explore the fun between human and animal communication in different languages! Unless you were lucky enough to grow up speaking multiple languages, learning a whole new one can be an extremely difficult task. Still, people are willing to put in hundreds of dollars and hours in order to officially call themselves bilingual. However, we aren’t […]