Jul 24, 2009 19:34
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
utilidades anuales mayores a US$430 MM.
Spanish to English
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utilidades anuales mayores a US$430 MM.
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Alicia Orfalian
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Finance, Health Care & HR Pro
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
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annual profits higher than/in excess of
other possibilities
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias"
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Mariela Diaz-Butler
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Timeliness, Accuracy and Reliability
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Annual profits over US $ 430 million
ok.
Peer comment(s):
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Melissa Mann
: MM = mil milliones.
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patinba
: This is indeed millions, not billions, Melissa
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Melissa Mann
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
*elegant spoken & written communication*
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English to Portuguese, and 1 more.
annual profits greater than 430 billion USD
MM = mil millones, which in the US (and pretty much only the US) is a billion (10 to the 9th power). If this is going to be read outside the US, I suggest putting this as a translator's note, or translating MM as milliard.
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-07-24 19:48:11 GMT)
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Ok... Or:
annual profits over 430 billion USD
annual profits higher than 430 billion USD
annual profits above 430 billion USD
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-07-24 19:48:11 GMT)
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Ok... Or:
annual profits over 430 billion USD
annual profits higher than 430 billion USD
annual profits above 430 billion USD
Peer comment(s):
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
: over
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philgoddard
: a billion is a thousand million anywhere in the world now.
Postscript: sorry, I meant in the English-speaking world. It is in the UK, Australia, and English-speaking Canada.
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nope. a billion is a million million in most of the world except the US. check ISO.
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patinba
: There is no way this can be 430 billion us dollars. In Spanish abbreviations are doubled to indicate plural (EEUU for example) so this is millions.Look at it this way, if the figure is US billions we are talking about the GDP of Saudi Arabia, or Austria.
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Or in Mexico... MM = mil millones = millardo = milliard = 10^9 = US billion.
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Rosa Paredes
: Whatever the meaning of billion, the original Spanish says 'millions'
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Or in Mexico... MM = mil millones = millardo = milliard = 10^9 = US billion.
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Ruth Ramsey
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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8
Annual profits of more than $430bn
I would tend to use "more than" here.
Peer comment(s):
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elfi
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philgoddard
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patinba
: I'm afraid this is an impossible profit figure. In Spanish abbreviations are doubled to indicate plural (EEUU for example) so this is millions. Well, not impossible if the text is dealing with an entire industry perhaps, but still, MM stands for millions.
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Yes, thanks for pointing out about the plural. Makes sense.
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Rosa Paredes
: It's millions not bn.
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Yes, on second thoughts I think you're right. I think it is millions. Sorry, I must have been on the computer a bit too long yesterday.
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