Les Balanciers
| 08:43 Feb 26, 2013 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | assayers |
| ||
| 3 | The Gold-Weighers |
|
Answers
1 hr confidence: 
The Gold-Weighers Explanation: Not sure that it is a current term, but it was used by Jack London, as well as the British Museum and Harvard in the title of this 17th Century Dutch engraving. www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/236876 - En cache The Gold-Weighers. Print. Dutch. ,. 17th century. Engraving. 23.7 x 19.8 cm (9 5/ 16 x 7 13/16 in.) Holl. 34. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Melvin R. books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1775419320 Jack London - 2010 - 455 pages "The gold-weighers were busy at their scales, for dust was the circulating medium, and even a dollar drink of whiskey at the bar had to be paid for to the weighers." |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
8 hrs confidence:
assayers Explanation: * |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations