Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Mates | | Spanish term or phrase: 13.000 millones y 1000 millones | Ok, I admit it: math and numbers were never my strong point. How would you say the numbers, in British and American English, in the following sentence?
Here's the context: El mercado publicitario mueve 13.000 milliones de euros.... el mercado se estima en 1.000 millones de euros... |
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| | 13 billion Euros and 1 billion Euros | Explanation:
13 billion Euros and 1 billion Euros American English
13 thousand Millions British English
1 thousand million
But nowadays is very common American form. |
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Andrea Moreno
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Local time: 20:37
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13 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 13 billion Euros and 1 billion Euros
Explanation:
13 billion Euros and 1 billion Euros American English
13 thousand Millions British English
1 thousand million
But nowadays is very common American form.
Reference: http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/american.html
| Andrea Moreno
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Local time: 20:37
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| Jul 3, 2007 - Changes made by Andrea Moreno: | | Edited KOG entry | John Cutler's old entry - "13.000 millones y 1000 millones" => "13 billion Euros and 1 billion Euros" |
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