Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
1.174 millones de euros
English translation:
1.174 million euros
Spanish term
United States
Organized, Deadline-Oriented, Reliable
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
1.174 millones de euros
| 5 +7 | 1.174 million euros |
Henry Hinds
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| 4 +6 | 1.174 million Euros |
swisstell
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| 5 +2 | 1.17 billion euros |
amdsingh
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| 5 | 1.174 billones de euros |
José J. Martínez
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| 5 | 1.174.000.000 euros |
Christian [email protected]
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Aug 24, 2008 05:25: Henry Hinds Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
1.174 million euros
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Nelida Kreer
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Gracias, Niki.
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Maru Villanueva
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Gracias, Maru.
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Juliet Allaway
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Gracias, Juliet.
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Enrique Huber (X)
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Gracias, Tocayo.
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eloso (X)
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Gracias, Oso.
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Christian [email protected]
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Gracias, Christian.
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Mónica Sauza
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Gracias, Mónica.
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1.174 million Euros
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Steven Capsuto
: As Henry noted in his answer, the "14.5" suggests this is from a country that uses decimal points instead of decimal commas (such as Mexico or the U.S.). BUT some texts are inconsistent about this. "Euro" is now usually written in lower case letters.
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and it is also written as singular or plural
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Rodrigo Tejeda
: Aprovecho para sacarme una duda, cuando traducimos esta cifra, en lugar del punto para 1.174 usamos la coma, cierto? (1,174) perdon por la ignorancia.
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muchas gracias
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Kim Metzger
: The European Commission Directorate-General for Translation's English Style Guide (A handbook for authors and translators in the EC) states: "Like ‘pound’, ‘dollar’ or any other currency name in English, the word ‘euro’ is written in lower case.
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you are SO right that with the ever-decreasing value of the dollar, this currency should be written with a lower case "d'! But of course not the mighty Euro.
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Ruth Rubina
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thanks a lot
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Egmont
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thanks a lot
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eloso (X)
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thanks, eloso and not to worry about Mr. Perfect who needs his daily dose of "disagree with swisstell" just like most normal people need their cup of tea or their coffee.....
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Christian [email protected]
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thanks, Christian
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1.17 billion euros
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Monica Segal
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Thank you Monica!
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Jennifer Levey
: The use of 'billion' is extremely ambiguous (far worse than the use of a decimal '.' or ',') - and you cannot just ignore the '4' in the source text.
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jude dabo
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Thanks Jude!
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Nikolaj Widenmann
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United States
ENSP, More than 30 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
1.174 billones de euros
United States
Architect/Translator for over 30 years
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
1.174.000.000 euros
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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-08-11 02:30:32 GMT)
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1.174.000, quise decir...
Reference comments
billón - un millón de millones que se expresa por la unidad seguida de doce ceros
millardo - Mil millones
(Real Academia de la Lengua)
bil·lion (blyn)
n.
billion
Noun
pl -lions or -lion
1. one thousand million: 1 000 000 000 or 109
2. (in Britain, originally) one million million: 1 000 000 000 000 or 1012
3. (often pl) Informal an extremely large but unspecified number: billions of dollars [French]
billionth adjn
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/billion
mil·liard (mlyrd, -yärd, ml-ärd)
n. Chiefly British
The cardinal number equal to 109.
[French, from Old French milliart, from milion, million; see million.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
milliard
Noun
Brit (no longer in technical use) a thousand million [French]
Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
1. The cardinal number equal to 109.
2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1012.
3. An indefinitely large number.
[French, a million million : blend of bi-, second power; see bi-1 and million.]
billion adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/milliard
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