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十几至几十分之一

English translation: just a fraction


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Chinese term or phrase:十几至几十分之一
English translation:just a fraction
Entered by: Weiping Tang
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01:23 Jun 20, 2008
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Art/Literary - Accounting
Chinese term or phrase: 十几至几十分之一
工资是发达国家的十几至几十分之一不等。
Weiping Tang
China
Local time: 19:17
from a hundredth to tenth of ; just a fraction
Explanation:
表达方法有两个:
(1)十几至几十分之一
是想要表示中国工资只是发达国家的小部分, 英文可以简单地用just a fraction 或 just a few percent ( 按 Mark Chen 的译法) 来表达。
(2)十几至几十分之一
即是 0.1 (tenths) 到 0.01 ( hundredths)

工资是发达国家的十几至几十分之一不等。
The wage can vary from a hundredth to tenth of the wages in developed countries.

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Summary of answers provided
4 +1a few percents
Mark Chen
4one tenth to one several tenths / a small percentage
Prof Projex
4one part of over ten to (one part of) several tens
Gertrude Tsau
3from a hundredth to tenth of ; just a fraction
karcsy


  

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a few percents


Explanation:
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Mark Chen
Local time: 19:17
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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one part of over ten to (one part of) several tens


Explanation:
換個說法

Gertrude Tsau
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one tenth to one several tenths / a small percentage


Explanation:
one tenth to one several tenths

This is the usual/colloquial way to say #分之一.
五分之一 (a fifth) 七分之一 (a seventh),百分之一 (one-hundredth)

i.e.
He passed me one fifth of the cake.
他递给我五分之一个蛋糕。
One tenth of the goods were damaged.
十分之一的货物受到损伤。
One forth s a proper fraction.
四分之一是一个真分数。

Another suggestion: 几十分之一 a small percentage
thus you could say: one-tenth to a small percentage

i.e.
Labor productivity in our iron and steel industry is only a small percentage of that achieved in the advanced countries.
我们钢铁工业的劳动生产率只有国外先进水平的几十分之一



Prof Projex
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from a hundredth to tenth of ; just a fraction


Explanation:
表达方法有两个:
(1)十几至几十分之一
是想要表示中国工资只是发达国家的小部分, 英文可以简单地用just a fraction 或 just a few percent ( 按 Mark Chen 的译法) 来表达。
(2)十几至几十分之一
即是 0.1 (tenths) 到 0.01 ( hundredths)

工资是发达国家的十几至几十分之一不等。
The wage can vary from a hundredth to tenth of the wages in developed countries.



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