Squatter was the name given to a settler in Australia or the United States who occupied land in an area that had not yet been surveyed by the local government.Continue reading Squatter
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
9 Aug /13
GPS – Global Positioning System
It has been said that the modern day mobile phone has more power than the computer that coordinated the first Moon landing in 1969.Continue reading GPS – Global Positioning System
7 Aug /13
Baguette
The stereotypical image of a Frenchman riding a bicycle and carrying a baguette under his arm is not the most faithful representation of modern France, and the baguette itself first appeared almost a century ago.Continue reading Baguette
6 Aug /13
Ginseng
This word first appears in English in a 1654 translation of Bellum Tartaricum, an account of the Tartar invasion of China.Continue reading Ginseng
