Technology helps us make even more human connections. Thanks to the Internet and certain tools that have been developed, we can communicate with people across the world, which is helpful in locating and working with highly qualified translators and interpreters in any number of specialized domains (such as medical, educational, legal, or IT), within any timeframe, or any sizes of projects.

Technology also makes it easy for translation clients, project managers, translators, and interpreters to work together as a team. This type of expanding cooperation is a huge help for people in all sorts of limited English proficiency (LEP) communities. It is necessary to build a just and fair society, and we are happy to be able to use technology to further this goal.

In our day-to-day activities, technology plays a major role. Most of our translation and interpretation requests come in electronically, which ensures that everyone is on the same page. We are also better able to fill last-minute requests; most translators and interpreters have access to their apps, text messages and email at all times, and so we can reach them to discuss last-minute projects and especially emergencies. In all of these scenarios, technology helps us expand our reach and make more human connections than would otherwise be possible.

We are greatly appreciative of all of the benefits that technology allows us in our work. However, there are some aspects of the job and the industry that technology cannot replace. Technology has limitations.  Our main focus is helping people and the last thing we want to do is use technology as a substitute for human interaction. This is why we try to make it clear that although we are using many different technologies in our work, there is always a person behind the screen working hard to connect with people and serve our clients. In hospital settings and in most cases, having live interpreters serving clients face to face is even more valuable and worthwhile than over video or phone.

People are still at the heart of the translation and interpretation industry. After all, these services wouldn’t exist if there were no people to read or listen to the translated product! So while certain aspects of this work don’t take place face to face, the importance of people and human input is as high as ever. At Monterey Language Services, we use technology to facilitate communication with our team members and with our clients, who are always our main focus.

There are many different kinds of apps, apps marketplaces and app stores: mobile games apps, apps that serve as extensions of websites for mobile devices, apps that link to and control devices. Apps can provide an entire service by themselves, present a new, portable form of a business’s existing services, or be part of a physical product.

Mobile messaging apps users now number in the hundreds of millions around the globe due to ease of use and a multitude of free service offerings. Whatsapp (based in Mountain View, CA) has 450 million monthly users, with Line (Japan, 350 million registered users) and WeChat (Shenzhen, China, 272 million monthly users) not far behind. Many mobile messaging apps are also major players in the mobile game apps arena. You can use these mobile messaging apps to send and receive text messages, record and send audio files, video chat, send photos, and even purchase sticker, music, and game add-ons.

Other popular mobile apps include free hotel-booking and last minute hotel-booking apps for making reservations. Hotel booking mobile apps are available on Android and iOS, a few on Windows Phone or Blackberry.

No matter what their purpose, mobile apps are especially convenient in that they can be easily distributed to customers worldwide, as long as their interface is completely and correctly translated.

We at Monterey Language Services have the technical capabilities to do so, using our global localization platform. Unlike other translation companies, we can handle localizing the entire app, its API, system and interface. We ensure that the mobile app and all its functions are recreated in the target language of your choice. All you have to do is sit back and have fun with your mobile app! Monterey Language Services takes care of the rest.

Monterey Language Services strives to provide the highest quality of translation and interpretation services. Please feel free to contact us for a quote.