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five thousand million years

German translation: fünf Milliarden Jahre

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English term or phrase:	five thousand million years
German translation:	fünf Milliarden Jahre
Entered by:	Alexandra Collins

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12:56 Jun 22, 2007

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Science - Mathematics & Statistics

English term or phrase: five thousand million years

The Sun makes heat and light by nuclear reactions. It uses up four million tonnes of hydrogen fuel every second. But there is still enough left to keep the Sun shining for five thousand million years!

Bitte nicht lachen, Zahlen sind nicht so mein Ding. Wieviel sind five thousand million?

Alexandra Collins KudoZ activity Questions: 548 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 301
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fünf Milliarden Jahre

Explanation:
Ist so ein Standard-Wert für die weitere Aktivität der Sonne. Man fragt sich natürlich, warum nicht five billion years geschrieben wurde. Ein Text für Kinder?

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euphorion
Local time: 07:42

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Vielen Dank! Ich denke ich werde fünf Milliarden sagen und erklären, dass das unvorstellbare 5000 Millionen sind. Ich habe meine Kinder, 8 und 10, gefragt. Beide Zahlen können sie sich kaum vorstellen.
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fünf Milliarden Jahre

euphorion

fünf Milliarden

BrigitteHilgner

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fünf Milliarden Jahre

Explanation:
Ist so ein Standard-Wert für die weitere Aktivität der Sonne. Man fragt sich natürlich, warum nicht five billion years geschrieben wurde. Ein Text für Kinder?

euphorion
Local time: 07:42
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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BrigitteHilgner: Da hatten wir den gleichen Gedanken! :-)

1 min

agree

David Seycek: 1.000.000 x 5.000 = 5.000.000.000

1 min

agree

anisco: Vielleicht weil 5.000 Millionen sich nach "mehr" anhört als 5 Mrd. ;-) // Jetzt wo wir die Zielgruppe kennen :-)

1 min

agree

Gabor Schulz

7 mins

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efreitag: Rechnerisch natürlich richtig, aber ich würde es der Zielgruppe wegen tatsächlich wörtlich übersetzen.

10 mins

agree

LegalTrans D: mit efreitag: fünftausend Millionen

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lisa23: zur Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales und genau mit diesem AE/BE-Unterschied hatte ich es noch bei meiner Übersetzerausbildung (1998) gelernt, also nicht so abwegig

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Sonia Heidemann

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agree

Katrin Eichler

7 hrs

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fünf Milliarden

Explanation:
Ganz falsch sind fünftausend Millionen auch nicht ...

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 06:42
Native speaker of:

German

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Jun 23, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Science

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