近来发现许多同事在翻译上咨询一些数字翻译上的问题,在此整理一下数字翻译成英文的语法。此次整理比较正式,略过口语形式。
英语中数字以3个为一小节,例如123456789,可以划分为123’456’789,在小结的三位数中,读法为 X hundred and X-X。
上面三个小节分别为one hundred and twenty-three;four hundred and fifty-six;seven hundred and eighty-nine。再加上各自的单位,million;thousand。
上面数字完整读法为:one hundred and twenty-three million and four hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine。
如果出现and前或后的缺失,比如1’025,没有的部分取消。即读为one thousand twenty-five.
以下从货币和数学上应用举出一些实例,大家自行查看摸索规律。
在货币上
在货币金融上,小数点的读成数字加单位cents
58.5 fifty-five dollars five cents
58 fifty-eight dollars.
658 six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
7’658 seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
87’658 eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars
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987’658 nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
1’987’658 one million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
21’987’658 twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
521’987’658 five hundred and twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
1’521’987’658 one billion five hundred and twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars.
在数学上
在数学上没有dollars
带有小数点的,小数点后读成point 加数字
1’521’987’658.5 one billion five hundred and twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-five point five.
