Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

37,600 millones de USD

English translation:

USD 37.6 million; US$ 37.6 million... UNLESS....

Added to glossary by MexicoTranslate
Sep 20, 2005 19:11
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

37,600 millones de USD

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Insurance
La verdad, me confunden mucho las cifras en inglés, alguien que me eche una mano en esta cifra...es correcto 37.6 millions?
Gracias

Discussion

Patricia Rosas Sep 20, 2005:
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.
MexicoTranslate (asker) Sep 20, 2005:
Gracias a tod@s, estoy en un dilema, no se a quien otorgarle los puntos...Por una parte Patricia respondi� primero correctamente, sin embargo tiene un peqeu�o error (376 billion) aunque despu�s en su explicaci�n lo escribe correctamente (36.7 billion), por otra, Marina tiene dos puntos a favor, pero el t�tulo es incorrecto, aunque despu�s aclara todo pertinentemente, y al final Marian contesta correctamente y el t�tulo es correcto, adem�s su explicaci�n es excelente, por tanto, desde mi punto de vista, las tres merecen los puntos pero no se a quien d�rselos, alguna soluci�n salom�nica a este dilema????
Carlos Sosa Sep 20, 2005:
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 num�rico ingl�s sin prestar atenci�n.

Proposed translations

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USD 37.6 million; US$ 37.6 million... UNLESS....

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.
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria : I believe is 37.6 billion USD, Marian
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "gracias a todos"
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37.600 millones de USD

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Peer comment(s):

agree Carlos Sosa : la coma en inglés separa MILLARES (ojalá pudiera resaltar más esto)
3 mins
Gracias Carlos
disagree Maria : sorry, maryel is 37.6 billion USD
2 hrs
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2 mins

37.6 million

I'd say it's correct. However, see the link below
Peer comment(s):

neutral Maria : sorry, I think the equivalent is 37.6 billion USD
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USD 376 billion

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).
Peer comment(s):

disagree Maria : No, Patricia, sería 37.6 billion dollars, not 376 billion
2 hrs
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37.600 millones de dólares estadounidenses

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

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-09-20 19:22:07 GMT)
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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.
Peer comment(s):

agree Víctor Nine
25 mins
Thanks VRN
agree spanruss : Yes. Though it seems kind of high, it does read 37.6 billion USD.
26 mins
Gracias mil!
agree Maria : Yes, 37.6 billion US dollars
2 hrs
Thanks a lot María
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