Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
99’999.9
English translation:
ninety-nine thousand nine-hundred (and) ninety-nine point nine
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
Mar 11, 2016 08:44
8 yrs ago
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German term
99’999.9
Non-PRO
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
numeration
Hello everyone,
You never see me here because I am not a DE-EN translator :) I'm localizing something written by a German engineer, and not being European, the numeration is unfamiliar to me, especially with a decimal point followed by a single digit.
Here is the context:
What do the numbers on the hour meter mean?
The first number before the dot is the hour (this means 1 = 1 hour). The highest digit shown on the hour meter would be: 99’999.9. The numbers behind the dot = 1/10th hour (this means, it changes every 6 minutes).
You never see me here because I am not a DE-EN translator :) I'm localizing something written by a German engineer, and not being European, the numeration is unfamiliar to me, especially with a decimal point followed by a single digit.
Here is the context:
What do the numbers on the hour meter mean?
The first number before the dot is the hour (this means 1 = 1 hour). The highest digit shown on the hour meter would be: 99’999.9. The numbers behind the dot = 1/10th hour (this means, it changes every 6 minutes).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | ninety-nine thousand nine-hundred (and) ninety-nine point nine hours |
Steffen Walter
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Change log
Mar 18, 2016 09:02: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/38865">NancyLynn's</a> old entry - "99’999.9"" to ""ninety-nine thousand nine-hundred (and) ninety-nine point nine hours""
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ninety-nine thousand nine-hundred (and) ninety-nine point nine hours
... would be the verbalised version of it. In your example, the last 9 (the one behind the decimal point) represents nine tenths of an hour (i.e. 54 minutes), so appears to be perfectly plausible in English, too.
The type of separator (') used after the first "99" points to a Swiss author. In Germany, we would write either 99999,9 or 99.999,9 hours. In English, the equivalent figure would be 99,999.9 hours.
The type of separator (') used after the first "99" points to a Swiss author. In Germany, we would write either 99999,9 or 99.999,9 hours. In English, the equivalent figure would be 99,999.9 hours.
Peer comment(s):
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BrigitteHilgner
: Yes, this is typical for the Swiss ...
2 hrs
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| agree |
Frosty
5 hrs
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| agree |
Rachel Goodwin
8 hrs
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| agree |
Johannes Gleim
: Wat was the problem???
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! What is excruciatingly obvious to a European may not be so to a Canadian (and vice-versa, of course.)"
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