English term
thirty-five hundred
I know what this means, but I´d appreciate your ideas in the following case.
Think back to your time in high school. I don’t care when
you graduated, $3,500 is a lot of money. For these [young] kids, it was
no different. They did amazingly well pitching the parents on
the program, its value, and the structure. When it came to
price, though, they almost stuttered as it came out of their
mouths. He realized that the kids were terrified of saying a
number that big.
He set out on a mission to desensitize them to it. Before the
start of business, he’d get the kids to practice saying to each
other “thirty-five hundred.” Not “three thousand, five hundred”
but “thirty-five hundred.”
»» “That’s thirty-five hundred pillows…”
»» “That’s thirty-five hundred feathers…”
»» “That’s thirty-five hundred giraffes…”
Remember it's not “three thousand, five hundred”...
Thank you!
Elena
5 +5 | Tres mil quinientos | Yaotl Altan |
3 | Tres quinientos | Irene Gutiérrez |
Feb 28, 2020 08:15: Eugenia Martin changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Wilsonn Perez Reyes, abe(L)solano, Eugenia Martin
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Proposed translations
Tres mil quinientos
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Juan Jacob
: Tal cual.
1 hr
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Merci, mon ami!
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abe(L)solano
5 hrs
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Gracias, colega.
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Javier Canals
5 hrs
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Grazie, collega!
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Víctor Zamorano
: Claro.
8 hrs
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Vielen Danke!
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Mónica Algazi
: Con necesaria nota del traductor.
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Gracias, Mónica.
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Tres quinientos
Además, se corresponde con la lectura rápida característica del sector de los negocios/comercio: 3 500 = tres quinientos. Denotaría un uso coloquial de la jerga y, por lo tanto, una familiaridad con las cifras que representan grandes cantidades de dinero.
Cuesta tres quinientos
Discussion
¿Existe alguna otra alternativa?