Whether we want to admit it or not, sometimes we all succumb to popular culture and pop icons.Continue reading Moe
EVS Translation Blog / Category: – L-O
Outsourcing
When it comes to business terminology, though the global market has spent nearly EUR 70 billion on these type of services on 9 of the last 10 years, there is hardly a more misunderstood term.Continue reading Outsourcing
Otaku
Much the same way that all thumbs are fingers, but not all fingers are thumbs, today’s word (using the base understanding) can be taken in the context of a previous term: all weeaboos are otaku, but not all otaku are weeaboos.Continue reading Otaku
Mascot
The word mascot is believed to have originated from the Medieval Latin masca ‘mask, specter, nightmare’.Continue reading Mascot
Linguist
There is a certain confusion when it comes to today’s word, for example, does it strictly refer to a person who specialises in studying the nature and structure of a language /or several languages; or could it also equally well name someone who is skilled in the usage of several languages? The term, of course, … Continue reading Linguist