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Find Out the Secret Behind \u201cOne And Seven\u201d<\/strong> Financial translation is one of the most important tasks you\u2019ll undertake as a business professional. If you do any kind of international business, you\u2019ll have to translate documents that deal with units, conversion, price, and a host of other numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost in Translation: Numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trying to complete these translations on your own is not advisable since translation requires an intimate knowledge both of your target language and the cultural and financial customs that exist in the country with which you\u2019re doing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-four o 24?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, it\u2019s not just the words themselves that need translating, it’s the numbers within the document. You might think you could just use numeric figures (i.e. 10, 24, 300). However, there are some instances in which it\u2019s legally required to write out the numbers using words to help eliminate any possible misinterpretations (i.e. ten, twenty-four, three hundred).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is \u201cSeventeen\u201d in Spanish \u201cten and seven\u201d?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take Spanish as an example. If you didn\u2019t know that the number seventeen in Spanish literally translated as \u201cten and seven\u201d in English, you might be tempted to call it \u201cuno siete\u201d. After all, it\u2019s written as \u201cone-seven\u201d, so why wouldn\u2019t it be translated that way? The reason you wouldn\u2019t translate seventeen as one-seven is because it\u2019s actually a ten and a seven. \u201cOne seven\u201d means as little in Spanish as it does in English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that reason, you have to say \u201cdiez y siete\u201d, or ten and seven, when translating that number. Visit our blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost in Translation: How We Can Help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is just one example of how important it is to have an intimate knowledge of the language into which you\u2019re translating your financial documents. Getting lost in translation can happen with numbers just as much as it can with letters. We can help you by accessing our extensive network of financial and linguistic professional translators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SemioticTransfer network consists of native experts who have first-hand experience of both the financial sector and the linguistic nuances that make each language so unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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