Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

sesenta y ocho con trescientos treinta y tres mil (68,333333)

English translation:

68.333333 (ver abajo)

Added to glossary by María Florencia Méndez
Aug 11, 2011 12:52
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Spanish term

sesenta y ocho con trescientos treinta y tres mil (68,333333)

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering SAP
¿Alguien me puedo ayudar a pasar este número a ingles?
Ya estoy muy mareada.

Gracias!
Change log

Aug 11, 2011 12:54: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Discussion

FVS (X) Aug 11, 2011:
I would point out the Spanish words and figures do not coincide.
Recurring? Only provided that it is "periódico" in Spanish, but she didn't mention it was.
Ruth Wöhlk Aug 11, 2011:
sixty eight with threehundred thirty three thousands?

Proposed translations

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68.333333 (ver abajo)

En primer lugar, supongo que querías decir "sesenta y ocho con trescientos treinta y tres mil trescientos treinta y tres", o "sesenta y ocho coma trescientos treinta y tres mil trescientos treinta y tres".

En cifras, este número se escribe igual que en español, salvo que se emplea un punto en lugar de una coma como separador de decimales (al igual que en español, no se emplea ningún separador de miles en los propios decimales).

Pero supongo que lo que quieres saber en cómo se pronuncia este número en inglés.

Hay dos posibilidades:

"sixty-eight and three hundred thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three millionths" (normal en Estados Unidos)

"sixty-eight point three three three three three three" (normal en el Reino Unido).

"Numbers with a decimal point may be read as a cardinal number, then "and", then another cardinal number followed by an indication of the significance of the second cardinal number (not common in British English); or as a cardinal number, followed by "point", and then by the digits of the fractional part. The indication of significance takes the form of the denominator of the fraction indicating division by the smallest power of ten larger than the second cardinal. This is modified when the first cardinal is zero, in which case neither the zero nor the "and" is pronounced, but the zero is optional in the "point" form of the fraction.
* For example:
0.002 is "two thousandths" (mainly U.S.); or "point zero zero two", "point oh oh two", "nought point zero zero two", etc.
3.1416 is "three point one four one six"
99.3 is "ninety-nine and three tenths" (mainly U.S.); or "ninety-nine point three".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_numerals#Fractions_and_...

" It's four-point-three-three-three-three-three-three [...]
I got 4.333333"
http://books.google.es/books?id=LmQU1DC0OTIC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA8...

Y "point three recurring"? Estrictamente, no es lo mismo. Aquí tenemos un número con seis decimales, pero "recurring" quiere decir "periódico puro", o sea, que el 3 (en este caso) se repite hasta el infinito. Este número se escribiría (en inglés) 68.333333..., que es un poquito más de 68.333333.
Note from asker:
We were having this discusion because I was translating a legal document and the number appeared written in words and numbers. I thought I should keep that format.
Sorry! I wanted to answer the question in the peer agreement, but it seems I can't! Thanks for your help!
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I don't really see why we're having this discussion. There is no point writing it out in words.
1 hr
Well, quite... but thanks anyway
agree Wendy Petzall : Agree, also, with philgoddard
3 days 7 hrs
Thanks, Wendy :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot!"
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sixty-eigth point three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three

Así
Saludos!

"sixty-eigth point three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three"
Peer comment(s):

agree Ximena Diaz (X)
7 mins
Como siempre gracias Ximena!
disagree Stephen D : "Eight" not "Eigth"
12 mins
Thanks for the correction Steve! You're right!
disagree philgoddard : English does not express numbers in this way.
2 hrs
Thanks for your suggestion. Regards
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13 mins

sixty-eight point three recurring

if it's a decimal and the threes repeat...

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Note added at 14 mins (2011-08-11 13:07:34 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal
Peer comment(s):

agree Lourdes Sanchez : de acuerdo 68.333+ si estuvieses en los USA o Mexico
28 mins
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2 hrs

sixty-eight point three three three three three three

In maths, you just say the numbers after the decimal point one after the other, e.g. 1.0373 is one point oh three seven three

It may indeed be a recurring decimal, but that is not 100% clear
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