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for a total amount of US$16.3 million

French translation: un montant total de 16.3 millions USD


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English term or phrase:for a total amount of US$16.3 million
French translation:un montant total de 16.3 millions USD
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16:00 Feb 9, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-02-12 16:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: for a total amount of US$16.3 million
Would you say 16,3 million de Dollars US ? or 16,3 million de $ ? Or any other suggestion on typical rule ?

Merci!!!
laetitia Chemin
Guadeloupe
Local time: 03:12
un montant total de 16.3 millions USD
Explanation:
USD = dollar des États-Unis. Très utilisé.
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Daniel Marquis
Local time: 03:12
Grading comment
merci, le terme revient souvent dans le texte et je préfère cette version explicite et plus courte
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2un total de 16,3 millions de dollars US
FX Fraipont
4 +2un montant total de 16.3 millions USD
Daniel Marquis
4pour un montant total de 16,3 millions de dollars [américains]OlivierParrot


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
for a total amount of us$16.3 million
un total de 16,3 millions de dollars US


Explanation:
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http://www.bmf.ch/.../Dossier_de_Presse_BMF___SPM_sans_image...
bois Samling – 10 millions de dollars US – aux populations lésées en Guyane, ... Le groupe Samling exploite 3,9 millions d'hectares de forêts tropicales dans l'Etat ..."

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 09:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 807

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanne Bouthillier
22 mins
  -> merci!

agree  enrico paoletti
1 day1 hr
  -> merci!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
for a total amount of us$16.3 million
un montant total de 16.3 millions USD


Explanation:
USD = dollar des États-Unis. Très utilisé.

Daniel Marquis
Local time: 03:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Grading comment
merci, le terme revient souvent dans le texte et je préfère cette version explicite et plus courte
Notes to answerer
Asker: merci!!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  hendiadys: Toujours utiliser la norme ISO 4217 en matière de devises (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217), et avec une virgule devant la décimale)
1 hr
  -> Merci aussi pour la précision sur la virgule. J'avais oublié...

agree  enrico paoletti
1 day1 hr
  -> Merci Enrico.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
for a total amount of us$16.3 million
pour un montant total de 16,3 millions de dollars [américains]


Explanation:
S'il est nécessaire de préciser qu'il s'agit de dollars américains et non canadiens ou australiens, on peut ajouter "américains".

OlivierParrot
France
Local time: 09:12
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Changes made by editors
Feb 9 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Field (specific)Electronics / Elect Eng => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Field (write-in)how to translate currencies here ? => (none)


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