Whether you’re a translator, a translation reviewer, or any other part of the translation team, odds are you have interacted with a translation project manager. Project managers are the glue that help to keep all the moving parts in localization and translation cohesive and together. But how does one become a project manager? Whereas a […]

As a modern translator, there are many tools that are available now that translators in the past could only dream of having. Tools such as machine translation, spell check, macros, and online dictionaries are regularly used, leading to faster and even more accurate translations than translations of the past. However, one tool that translators might […]

With the turn of the year, we at Monterey Language Services look forward to greeting the new year with our friends and colleagues! We can now look towards the future and remember that 2021 is a fresh start and will hold great things for all of us! Happy New Year from everyone here at Monterey […]

The coronavirus pandemic is changing many aspects of our lives: how we work, how we socialize, how we shop. It is even affecting the language that we use and how we communicate. We have all had to learn new terminology to discuss the virus, and this terminology has become commonplace. We have also created new […]

COVID-19 and the resulting measures taken to prevent its spread have significantly affected the global economy. No industry has been spared, although a select few have actually seen business increase due to the virus. Many people expect that our economies will not go back to the way they were before the virus, not entirely. We […]

Technology was already an important tool for communication, work, entertainment, etc. before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now that many of us are isolated at home and unable to work or visit other people in person, technology has taken on even more critical and unforeseen roles. Who knew that videoconferencing services such as Zoom would be […]

Translation and interpretation are incredibly important services that must be made available to everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to take a moment to highlight the people who make this possible, and the services and initiatives they are working on. In normal circumstances, it has been shown that people who speak little to […]

It has been over a month since California issued a stay-at-home order in order to flatten the curve and slow the spread of the coronavirus. The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington recently met to discuss a joint plan for reopening their states. The timeline for this plan isn’t set in stone, but some people […]

On Friday February 28, Monterey Language Services had the pleasure of attending the Middlebury Institute of International Studies Career Fair, held at the Monterey Conference Center. The entire hall was filled with representatives from some of the top language service providers and language technology services in the nation—not to mention hundreds of MIIS students all […]

At Monterey Language Services, we receive a wide range of requests for interpretation. These requests range from interpreting at a technology-related conference to patient-doctor appointments. Depending on the type of assignment, we assign interpreters who have relevant experience and skills. But we also have to make sure that our interpreters clearly understand what their assignments […]