1,000,000,000

inglés translation: In English with commas

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Término o frase en español:	1,000,000,000
Traducción al inglés:	In English with commas
Aportado por:	Daniela Helguera

00:33 Jul 3, 2010

Traducciones de español a inglés [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Publicidad / Relaciones públicas / investment ad

Término o frase en español: 1,000,000,000

Actually the figure in question is "12.000.000.000 dólares," which I translated into English as 12 Billion dollars. It's a financial/investment ad, and the client wants to keep the whole figure in the title to catch the reader's attention. My question is, is it ok then (for an ad) the phrase: "X makes profits of over 12,000,000,000 dollars a year," with or without the commas? I've found it as 12000000000 also.. I'm really confused. Thanks in advance!

Daniela Helguera Actividad en KudoZ Preguntas hechas: 10 (none open) Respuestas: 0 Argentina
Local time: 10:09

In English with commas

Explicación:
If that is your question. If not then:
12 billions dollars in Spanish is: 12 mil millones de dólares
I Spanish thousands are separated by periods and with commas in English.
For decimals is the reverse:
0.50 in English and 0,50 in Spanish
It ia true, at least, for USA English and for any Spanish version.

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Typos:
In Spanish...
It is true, at least,...

Respuesta elegida de:

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 09:09

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Thanks everyone, your replies have been of great help. Client finally kept the whole figure with commas. Thanks!

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5 +5

1,000,000,000

Lourdes Sanchez

4 +5

In English with commas

Leonardo Lamarche

Entradas de discusión: 3

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1,000,000,000

Explicación:
I have seen it with commas or periods but the New York Times uses commas

Referencia: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D07E6D81638E...
Referencia: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950CE3DE1E3FE...

Lourdes Sanchez
Local time: 08:09
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Idioma materno: español
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 4

10 minutos Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +5

In English with commas

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 09:09
Idioma materno: español
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 8

Grading comment

Thanks everyone, your replies have been of great help. Client finally kept the whole figure with commas. Thanks!

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