As the son of Britain’s first Prime Minister and the cousin of Lord Nelson, it is fair to say Horace Walpole enjoyed certain advantages in life.Continue reading Serendipity
EVS Translation Blog / Category: – P-Z
9 Oct /13
Zoning
Zoning is an instrument for formally regulating the development of land, and it has been with us for almost exactly a century.Continue reading Zoning
8 Oct /13
Typhoon
Once again it was a translation which introduced a word into English.Continue reading Typhoon
7 Oct /13
Watt
The Watt is widely known as a unit of electricity, but the man who gave it the name was lucky to live to adulthood.Continue reading Watt
25 Sep /13
The Silk Road or the Silk Route
Roads connect.Continue reading The Silk Road or the Silk Route