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In the case of C-E and E-C interpretation, figures do require a sufficient amount of training. By figures we mean, in a larger sense, not only a long series of figures combined with various units of measurements but also a long string of document symbols and long series of proper names (of persons/places).
请用英语和汉语分别译出所述数字 12亿9988万; 542 million 830 thousand
1 billion 299million 880thousand; 542,830,000
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A Brief Introduction
a. Some Practical Difficulties for Chinese Interpreters For an interpreter, to do a long series of figures in interpretation is always by no means easy. And for an interpreter whose mother tongue is Chinese, the difficulties involved seem to be even greater. Notably among the difficulties are the following:
3,956万→39.56million 3亿9,650万→396.5million; If the number is bigger than a billion, adopt the same way to do it. e.g. 129亿→12.9billion