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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Archaeology | | French term or phrase: '-'40,000 | Phrase:
Cette couche, datée de -40,000 ans, est caracterisée par l'industrie mousterienne - des outils traditionnellement associés avec l'homme de Neandertal.
My question is whether '-40,000' means '40,000 BC', '40,000 years ago', or something else (as elsewhere I found that Neanderthals had lived about 150,000 years ago).
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Valentin Alupoaie
Romania
Local time: 19:01
| Grading comment Thanks, both of you. I liked 'BP' too, but things like "dated back 30,000-odd years" just seemed to suit my particular text a little better. I sent the translation in on Tuesday so I'll let you know if I get any feedback from the client on this issue.
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5 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +5 40,000 years ago
Explanation:
as to the Neanderthal period: The Neandertal1 or Neanderthal was a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis4) that inhabited Europe and parts of Western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Neandertal
| Valentin Alupoaie
Romania
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of:  Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thanks, both of you. I liked 'BP' too, but things like "dated back 30,000-odd years" just seemed to suit my particular text a little better. I sent the translation in on Tuesday so I'll let you know if I get any feedback from the client on this issue. |
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