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muss als Dezimaltrennzeichen einen Punkt haben

English translation: dot has to be used as decimal separator

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German term or phrase:	muss als Dezimaltrennzeichen einen Punkt haben
English translation:	dot has to be used as decimal separator
Entered by:	Dr. Johanna Schmitt

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12:41 Aug 30, 2009

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German term or phrase: muss als Dezimaltrennzeichen einen Punkt haben

"Der Rechner, der für die Stammdatenerstellung genutzt wird, muss als Dezimaltrennzeichen einen Punkt haben, damit alle Anforderungen auch auf den Zertifikaten mit Punkt dargestellt werden."

Feeling brain-dead today, thanks in advance for your input - J.

Jonathan MacKerron KudoZ activity Questions: 1304 (1 open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 8470 Germany
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at this computer,..., dot has to be used as decimal separator.

Explanation:
..."because dot is used as decimal separator."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator

This is what I have found.

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-08-30 12:56:40 GMT)
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...of course without the "fullstop", as the sentence continues!

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Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 15:57

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3 +4

at this computer,..., dot has to be used as decimal separator.

Dr. Johanna Schmitt

4 +2

Must have (or use) a period (.) as decimal indicator

Nils Andersson

5 -1

decimal point

monbuckland

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Must have (or use) a period (.) as decimal indicator

Explanation:
Many variations are possible. The point is, the English-speaking
world uses a period, as in 3.1415, whereas most of the rest of the
world uses a comma, as in 3,1415

Nils Andersson
United States
Local time: 06:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English

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Asker: Nils, thanks for blowing up the log-jam...

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

at this computer,..., dot has to be used as decimal separator.

Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Thanks Johanna, I did find "decimal separator" in my glossary, but wasn't quite sure how to fit it in neatly here.

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

decimal point

Explanation:
The whole phrase might go something like: "the decimal point must be a full stop" (or "Period" if American English).
In English the term is "decimal point" (not "decimal indicator", or similar), which should be clear, but you might need to spell it out to make sure that they don't use a comma like in German.

monbuckland
Germany
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of:

English