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mediados de los años 90 del siglo XIX

English translation: during the mid eighteen nineties/ 1890's

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13:26 Jan 14, 2012

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Argentine history

Spanish term or phrase: mediados de los años 90 del siglo XIX

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Cómo dirían: mediados de los años 90 del siglo XIX.
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English translation:during the mid eighteen nineties/ 1890's

Explanation:
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Barbara L Pavlik
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:29

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thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided

5 +14

during the mid eighteen nineties/ 1890's

Barbara L Pavlik

4 -1

during the mid nineteen nineties

linguatua

mid 90s (nineties) of the 19th century

Wendy Streitparth

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2 mins confidence:

mid 90s (nineties) of the 19th century

Explanation:
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Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 04:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +14

during the mid eighteen nineties/ 1890's

Explanation:
Another option

Barbara L Pavlik
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

gallagy2: and fully agree with Charles' comments

3 mins

agree

Karen Chalmers: Good but I don't think there be apostrophe there :-)

10 mins

agree

Charles Davis: Agree on two conditions: cut the apostrophe -- 1890s, NOT 1890's -- and hyphenate mid-1890s or mid-eighteen nineties // Sorry, but 1890's is definitely wrong. All style guides, from Chicago on down, agree. Even the NYT has stopped doing it!

13 mins

-> I agree about the hyphen but disagree about the apostrophe

agree

James A. Walsh

15 mins

agree

linguatua: guess I gave you a good hint ;-)

18 mins

-> Yes :)

agree

Wendy Streitparth: But of course!

3 hrs

agree

Carol Gullidge: but please NO apostrophe! (this isn't a possessive, nor does it indicate a missing letter or letters - see guardian and Observor style guide under 'apostrophe', but also, specifically, under Dates: "Use figures for decades: the 1960s, the swinging 60s")

4 hrs

agree

rich.

4 hrs

agree

Jim Tucker: apostrophe now antiquated here

7 hrs

agree

Lisa McCarthy: Yep, no apostrophe.

8 hrs

agree

Salloz

14 hrs

agree

Agnes Grand Fay

21 hrs

agree

Gilla Evans: With Charles re the hyphens and the erroneous apostrophe, a widespread mistake but nonetheless wrong.

21 hrs

agree

Barbara Cochran

1 day38 mins

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

during the mid nineteen nineties

Explanation:
thats how I would translate it

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Note added at 9 mins (2012-01-14 13:35:54 GMT)
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well, the "during" depends on the whole sentence of course but you´ll figure it out anyway ;-)

linguatua
Local time: 04:29
Native speaker of:

German,

English

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