The practice of camouflage has been a discussion point for thousands of years, and for most of that time the discussion revolved around creatures with a natural gift for concealment.Continue reading Camouflage
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
26 Sep /13
China
China and the armchair travellers Eden, Hakluyt, Herbert – translator, geographer, ambassador Modern day China is the subject of countless works of fiction and non-fiction, but until the sixteenth century the country was unknown to English speakers.Continue reading China
25 Sep /13
The Silk Road or the Silk Route
Roads connect.Continue reading The Silk Road or the Silk Route
24 Sep /13
War lord
This word originated as one of the laurels of the German Emperor.Continue reading War lord
23 Sep /13
Burger
The burger is now thought of as an archetypically American meal, but of course its name derives from the German city of Hamburg.Continue reading Burger