On March 3rd, Monterey’s local Middlebury Institute of International Studies had its annual Translation, Interpretation, and Localization Management career fair—and for the first time in years, the event was in-person rather than remote. As many in our office at Monterey Language Services—including our director—are alumni of the Middlebury Institute, we join the career fair every […]

Monterey Language Services will be at the annual Middlebury Institute of International Studies Translation and Localization Management Career Fair, which starts at 9:00 AM on Friday, March 3rd and finishes up at 12:00 PM. We’re very excited to return to the career fair for the first time in person since the start of the pandemic, […]

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, one of the most consistently talked about topics was the vaccine. With Covid-19 so easily transmissible, it was prudent to turn to lockdowns and remote work to prevent the spread. Remote work deeply affected the language services industry as well, of course. While many translators who already performed their work […]

Intro Recently, Monterey Language Services provided simultaneous Spanish interpretation at a school board meeting. The parents of many students at this school are Mexican Spanish-speaking with a wide range of English proficiency, and the staff had become concerned that these parents were missing out on crucial information regarding school policies. As a language service provider, […]

In a previous blog post, we discussed a brief history of major translation and interpretation events that have shaped the world of the language services industry. In today’s post, we will be looking further at our known history to see what other events closer to present day have influenced us. The Printing Press It is […]

We here at Monterey Language Services often have requests for American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation in different settings and scenarios. It is always our pleasure to provide great service with high-quality interpreters. Here are some good examples. The Classroom Typically in the United States, many ASL interpreters are known to interpret into sign language for […]

Monterey Language Services has decided to look at interpreting as a profession as seen in movies. In doing so, we have found perfect examples of two opposite sides of the interpreter spectrum:  a professional interpreter in The Interpreter, and the opposite in Lost in Translation. Although the latter was played off for laughs, by comparing […]

The 2015 annual conference of California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) was held here in Monterey. We were particularly glad to be part of the sponsoring bodies, as medical interpretation is one of our specialties here at Monterey Language Services. Enjoy the video clips capturing some of the fun activities during the event. Two interpreters won […]

4/19 Monterey Language Services attended Evento Cultural Indigeno / Indigenous Cultural Event in Greenfield, CA. We held a free raffle. This is the exciting and silly drawing. Wait til you hear Heidi try to speak Spanish! We enjoyed the event, especially meeting people who spoke indigenous languages: Mixteco, Triqui, and Purepecha, Mum, Kiche, Zapotec, and more. Tweet

Translation Services Launches 40-hour Minimum Training Required in the Healthcare Interpreting Industry MONTEREY, Calif. (11/19, 2014) – Monterey Language Services (MLS) will be hosting an intensive 5 day, 40 hour training course in medical interpreting. The course will take place the week of 1/19-1/23/2015 and is open to all area bilinguals interested in pursuing jobs […]