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Monterey Language Services is a translation and interpretation company headquartered in Monterey County, California.  What do we know about Monterey County? Monterey County is probably best known as the setting of John Steinbeck’s novels, and for the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, at which Jimi Hendrix got famous.  But the county has even more to […]

The name John Steinbeck is probably more associated with Monterey County than is any other name.  In light of Steinbeck’s unrivaled influence in Monterey County, several of us decided to check out the house in which he grew up in Salinas.  Here we were at 132 Central Avenue, Salinas.  Visiting Steinbeck’s house was beyond edifying.  […]

I was representing Monterey Language Services, making a company presentation at a client site.  The name “Monterey Language Services” pleasantly and surprisingly initiated a big discussion.    ~By Mei-Ling Chen Why are we called “Monterey Language Services”?  The answers from the audience included: We are located in Monterey County. John Steinbeck wrote a lot about Cannery […]

All of us at the Monterey Language Services would like to send you our warm holiday greetings.  We wish you a happy holiday season & a healthy and successful 2012!   Thank you for your continued support and friendship.  We look forward to furthering our relationship in the coming year. Wish you a happy holiday season […]

Monterey is famous for its natural beauty, blending land and sea into a serene relaxing coastal town.  The rare pop art scene posted outside of the Museum of Modern Art in Monterey caught our attention.  Thought our friends and readers might enjoy the short introduction of the pop art history and its greatest artists from […]

Marina, Calif. – October 17, 2011 – Monterey Language Services (http://www.montereylanguages.com) today announced that it has served 50 new clients in the last 15 months, as the interpretation and translation company continues rapid growth in a sluggish economy. Through its contracts, Monterey Language Services, located in the Marina Technology Cluster, Marina’s business incubator, has provided […]

We had a large interpretation event for a group coming from all over Latin America.  This brings up interest in the discussion about the varieties of Spanish. Is a pato a duck?  Or is it a Puerto Rican derogatory term for a gay man?  Or is it a bedpan?  In Puebla, Mexico, the word is […]

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 […]

As a translation and desktop publishing company, we deal with words every day.  Font is something that we use all the time.  However, typeface is not a topic that people consider much when writing or reading.  Therefore, when we heard about the book Just My Type, it was a wonderful surprise to us.  Font is […]