As a language service provider (LSP), one part of our job is to observe trends. These trends may be used to understand our service quality provided for specific clients or keep track of certain trends in language, and can be very important to our work. Put simply, collecting data on trends can help LSPs understand […]

When machine translation is mentioned, the most common thing to jump to mind is Google Translate. To most people, this is the face of machine translation and any other type of machine translation is just the same as Google Translate, but inferior or superior in some shape or form. However, there are actually four different […]

It might sounds obvious, but words truly are the foundation of good communication. We might have the best idea in the world, but what good is a great idea if we can’t communicate it clearly to other people? Even worse, imagine if we use the wrong words (intentionally or unintentionally), we can leave people feeling […]

Need instant translation from English to Spanish? We can make it happen. This video shows how it looked at tonight’s City Council meeting on sanctuary cities in Seaside, California. The audience at today’s event received Spanish translation through reading rather than listening. Why? Because this method can accommodate a large turnout, since everyone can read […]

Whatever the reason your business has for holding a conference in Silicon Valley, Monterey Languages Services is here to help.  We come from a conference interpretation background with an amazing network of alumni, graduates from the Graduate School of Translation and Interpetation of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), speaking many different languages, and […]

For translation and interpretation projects, why do customers prefer to hire a translation company like Monterey Language Services instead of an individual translator or interpreter? The short answer is a company like ours has a system and resources in place to guarantee quality and availability.  In other words, we provide professional translation and interpretation services. […]

Destination: Silicon Valley. There is excitement in the air. The atmosphere is electric and the flavor is international. Apple, HP, Intel, Google, eBay, Facebook…the Silicon Valley stalwarts, the biggest high-tech players, the world’s largest technology corporations, they’re all here. And don’t forget Monterey Language Services: We provide conference interpretation services to our corporate clients in […]

You have found us – we provide quick & easy solutions for all your translation needs. Tell us about the subject of the text to be translated, its size and the languages you want, and we will provide a quote. Send us the files, and within short order, we will deliver a clear, accurate, complete translation. […]

In this blog post we interviewed David Thomson, who is currently a second-year graduate student in the International Policy Studies program at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, David exemplifies how language learning has opened multiple doors for him. A Passion for Languages Born and raised in California, David showed […]

I recently received a translation assignment, which consisted of only one sentence. The assignment came from a Chinese restaurant owner, who gave me a picture with the sentence in it. Many customers, including English and Spanish speakers, always asked her about the meaning of that sentence. My first reaction was, “This should be a piece […]