English translation: USD 37.6 million; US$ 37.6 million... UNLESS....
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Explanation: in some Spanish-speaking countries the comma is NOT a decimal (in Mexico, for instance, usage is not consistent, but numbers are usually "American style)....
If from the rest of the document you see that , is NOT a decimal marker and that . is the decimal marker, then, for the U.S":
USD 37.6 billion; US$ 37.6 billion...
mil millones = billion in US English... thousand million in UK, although I hear that's not always the case.
For my part, the points definitely go to Marian! A decimal point makes a big difference!! For the record (and as I noted), I always get confused, and I always get a second opinion before sending something on to the client.
Me parece que tu cliente est equivocado. O son 37,6 millones o son 37.600 millones. Me suena a que est copiando el formato numrico ingls sin prestar atencin.
Explanation: I get confused, too! But mil millones when translated into English are a billion. This sum is 37.6 mil millones, right? If so, I think the answer is 376 billion: 37,600,000,000,000. (37.6 billion would be 37,600,000,000 and 37.6 million would only be 37,600,000).
Patricia Rosas United States Local time: 19:33 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
Explanation: Confunden, no? En EE.UU. usan puntos donde nosotros usamos comas, y comas donde usamos puntos. Suerte
En letras serían treinta y siete mil seiscientos millones o
37.600.000.000
Espero te quede claro
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2005-09-20 19:22:07 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Perdón, leí mal el par. La cifra que te puse es en español, para los americanos l.000 millones son 1 billón, por lo tanto tu cifra es 37.6 billion US dollars, absolutely sure now. Sorry for the mistake.
Marina Soldati Argentina Local time: 23:33 Native speaker of: Spanish PRO pts in category: 28
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