If you stop on a treadmill when it is running, you fall off. If you stop moving forward in life, there is no difference. This semester I participated in an internship at Monterey Language Services. My learning expectations when going into the internship were to learn how to respond to opportunities. After my internship, I […]

Professional interpreters are extremely important in order to avoid misunderstandings on the job. Amateurs and machines often cannot get the job done correctly. People in the translation and interpretation business stress the importance of having a professional on site, no matter what the job is. In an everyday conversation using a bilingual friend or relative […]

Interpreters provide the bridge for language barriers to be crossed. Fact: In order to interact with any person, one must have proper common ground. Fact: People need social interaction to fully be a part of society. Fiction: It is difficult to connect with someone of a different language origin. Even if you don’t believe these […]

Why is it important that a translation service is located in Monterey Bay? Well, some of the finest language institutes are located in Monterey. The Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) and the Defense Language Institute (DLI) are specialized institutions. The DLI also does research in the Language field and provides linguistic and cultural instruction […]

American Sign Language has its own set of cultural norms and its own community. The people that bridge the gap between the deaf community and hearing people are ASL interpreters. These people are highly skilled and trained specifically for this purpose. One of the most beautiful, smooth, and expressionistic languages in the world completely disregards […]

A study done at two pediatric ERs, reported by the Chicago Tribune, found that when families have no access to a professional interpreter, 20 to 22% of translation errors made could have led to potential health risks to the child. Studies have found that patients like having a translator available, and that it may improve […]

Transcription is being able to take your audio, video, images, interactive content, flash, animation, and more; and type it out word for word in a format of your choosing. Of course, it’s not easy to make your fingers talk as fast as your mouth. For most people the development of this skill comes from years […]

A frequently asked question in the translation and interpretation field: What would you have to do to become an interpreter?  What it takes? Here is a sample path in becoming an interpreter: 1. Tap into any bilingual background you may have. Most interpreters come from families where more than one language is spoken. 2. Perform […]

Siri, Apple’s new iPhone 4S app, is still struggling with picking up dialects and its ability to recognize language, so this application is long in the works.  New technologies come up almost every day with ways to make life easier and more efficient, but may not cover the entire subject. For example, in the case […]

All the colleagues working at Monterey Language Services are linguistically gifted with world travel experience. Our intern Matthew Stone went to Germany and finished his high school degree and is now a business major at CSUMB. He was interned in Austria and volunteered to help build amphitheaters in Mexico. He has unique experiences in a […]