Monterey Language Services specializes in medical interpretation for hospitals and clinics. Therefore, we are conscious about health and energy related information and would like to share some of our ideas on how to manage your energy levels, so you can increase not only the quality of your work, but your day-to-day life as well. Get […]

In 2016, the California Legislature approved a bill that would help improve the amount and quality of medical interpretation services in the state. In accordance with Assembly Bill (AB) 635 (Atkins, Chapter 600, Statutes of 2016) which was passed with little objection, and Senate Bill (SB) 165 (Atkins, Chapter 365, Statutes of 2019) which passed […]

If you are bilingual and looking for a way to use it in a professional setting, chances are you are eyeing a job as a translator or an interpreter. But as you might quickly find out, it is not easy to just become an in-house translator for your dream company or a regularly used freelance […]

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 […]

Localization is a relatively new field that people might have never heard of it or only had a vague and superficial understanding of what it means. But the truth is that the field of localization is continuously developing, and with it, there are new terms and ideas that are developing with it. One such term […]

Language interpretation is commonly understood as a one to one job; for most cases, there are only two languages involved and the interpreter goes back and forth between the languages. But sometimes there are situations when multiple interpreters are needed because there are multiple target languages or that there is a rare language involved that […]

When it comes to translation and interpretation, one of the many unsaid expectations for people is that whatever they say or write will be perfectly converted into a different language. Many people expect a one to one conversion of language because they assume that all languages are fundamentally the same. However, that is a major […]

Take a look at this amazing video with Disney’s impressive cast singing the localized versions of “Let it Go” from Frozen in English, French, German, Dutch, Mandarin, Swedish, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Korean, Serbian, Cantonese, Portuguese, Bahasa Malaysian, Russian, Danish, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Thai, Canadian French, and Flemish.   Watching […]

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 […]

Happy Holidays from the team at Monterey Language Services! As a medical translation and interpretation provider, we are always exploring tips on how to stay healthy, especially during this busy time of year, when we all face the temptation of overeating. Here is some food for thought: The following are some health tips from a […]