The phrase “paying load” or “paying weight” originally referred to products transported by rail.Continue reading Payload
EVS Translation Blog / Category: Word of the day
23 May /14
Halva
Halva is a word that covers a huge range of products – its primary ingredients can be either flour (the gelatine sort) or the sesame or sunflower seeds (the crumbly sort) and is found across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Europe.Continue reading Halva
22 May /14
Albino
It was in 1521 that Magellan “discovered” the Philippines and claimed the islands for Spain.Continue reading Albino
21 May /14
Durian
Durian is another word used for the first time in Parke’s translations of Mendoza’s travel miscellany The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China.Continue reading Durian
20 May /14
Bomb
Bomb comes from China via Spanish The first time the word appears in English as a result of a translation from Spanish of bomba de fuego – fire ball.Continue reading Bomb