1,02 billones de euros

10:14 Feb 22, 2015 

Both work, but in terms of money I think "trillion" is more commonplace, science avoids the problem by using clear terms for each increase of 10^3 (1000), mega, giga, tera, peta, etc.

IMO, 1.02 trillion, if that was the author's intention, leaves less room for misinterpretation than 1,020 billion (which just looks wrong in my scientist's eye because one should naturally pass on to the next unit of 1000, i.e., trillion)

18:22 Feb 21, 2015 

Obviamente, he tenido en cuenta que sería 1.02... y no 1,02. Quizás en enfocado mal la pregunta. Lo que quería preguntar es si sería mejor traducirlo como 1,020 billion (one thousand twenty billion) o 1.02 trillion. Gracias a todos

14:42 Feb 21, 2015 

that's a good point

13:20 Feb 21, 2015 

I hope that the asker has noticed that it should be 1.02 and not 1,02 in English!

12:46 Feb 21, 2015 

For practical purposes the former British English use of billion to mean a million million (10^12) is completely dead and I don't think a translator needs to it into account.

It is true, however, that billón, which of course means a million million (10^12) in Spanish, is used sometimes to mean a thousand million, as a calque of EN billion. Although this is obviously wrong, if the context suggests that 1,02 billones could mean 1,02 mil millones, it would do no harm to add a note.
http://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/elbillion-inglesno-equiva...

12:34 Feb 21, 2015 

Certainly in Spain a "billon" is 10 to the power 12, but a "billion" in English ( British and US, at least) is nowadays usually taken as 10 to the power 9.
In these cases it is essential to know what the author of the original source text meant, as errors are often passed on unknowingly.

11:56 Feb 21, 2015 

Correcto. También en inglés se puede decir "1.02 trillion"