[asterisk-bugs] [JIRA] (ASTERISK-23569) Spanish translation for digits/h-billion is wrong

Richard Mudgett (JIRA) noreply at issues.asterisk.org
Tue Apr 1 17:18:18 CDT 2014


     [ https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-23569?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Richard Mudgett updated ASTERISK-23569:
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        Description: 
Spanish translation for digits/h-billion is wrong, in Spanish, a billion is equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000) like old British English. 

To make sure we are talking about the same, here is a strip of the code:

main/say.c
{noformat}
..
     } else if (num < INT_MAX) {
       int billions = num / 1000000000;
       num = num % 1000000000;
...
{noformat}

We are talking of a thousand million, which in Spanish is:

"Milmillonésimo" (thousand = mil, millonésimo = million).

>From the Royal Academy of Language dictionary:

http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=milmillon%C3%A9simo
milmillonésimo, ma.
1. adj. Se dice de cada una de las 1000 millones de partes iguales en que se divide un todo. U. t. c. s.

Translation:
1. adj. It is said of each of the 1,000 million equal parts into which a whole is divided


http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=billion
billonésimo, ma.
(De billón).
2. adj. Mat. Que ocupa en una serie el lugar al cual preceden otros 999 999 999 999 lugares.

Translation:
2. adj. Math. Place that occupy in a serie which precede other 999 999 999 999 places

That means in English a Trillion, so in resume a "Billón" in Spanish is a Trillion in English and "Milmillonésimo" means a billion.

Can't tell if this is the same for French, they use the word "milliard" for billion because probably billion in French means the same as in Spanish (trillion) but I'm not sure.

  was:
Spanish translation for digits/h-billion is wrong, in Spanish, a billion is equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000) like old Brithish English. 

To make sure we are talking about the same, here is a strip of the code:

main/say.c
..
     } else if (num < INT_MAX) {
       int billions = num / 1000000000;
       num = num % 1000000000;
...

We are talking of a thousand million, which in spanish is:

"Milmillonésimo" (thousand = mil, millonésimo = million).

>From the Royal Academy of Language dictionary:

http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=milmillon%C3%A9simo
milmillonésimo, ma.
1. adj. Se dice de cada una de las 1000 millones de partes iguales en que se divide un todo. U. t. c. s.

Translation:
1. adj. It is said of each of the 1,000 million equal parts into which a whole is divided


http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=billion
billonésimo, ma.
(De billón).
2. adj. Mat. Que ocupa en una serie el lugar al cual preceden otros 999 999 999 999 lugares.

Translation:
2. adj. Math. Place that occupy in a serie which precede other 999 999 999 999 places

That means in English a Trillion, so in resume a "Billón" in spanish is a Trillion in english and "Milmillonésimo" means a billion.

Can't tell if this is the same for French, they use the word "milliard" for billion because probalby billion in french means the same as in Spanish (trillion) but I'm not sure.

    Reference Notes: ASTERISK-15095  (was: https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-15095)

> Spanish translation for digits/h-billion is wrong
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ASTERISK-23569
>                 URL: https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-23569
>             Project: Asterisk
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: None
>          Components: Sounds
>         Environment: N.A.
>            Reporter: Octavio Ruiz
>            Severity: Trivial
>
> Spanish translation for digits/h-billion is wrong, in Spanish, a billion is equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000) like old British English. 
> To make sure we are talking about the same, here is a strip of the code:
> main/say.c
> {noformat}
> ..
>      } else if (num < INT_MAX) {
>        int billions = num / 1000000000;
>        num = num % 1000000000;
> ...
> {noformat}
> We are talking of a thousand million, which in Spanish is:
> "Milmillonésimo" (thousand = mil, millonésimo = million).
> From the Royal Academy of Language dictionary:
> http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=milmillon%C3%A9simo
> milmillonésimo, ma.
> 1. adj. Se dice de cada una de las 1000 millones de partes iguales en que se divide un todo. U. t. c. s.
> Translation:
> 1. adj. It is said of each of the 1,000 million equal parts into which a whole is divided
> http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=billion
> billonésimo, ma.
> (De billón).
> 2. adj. Mat. Que ocupa en una serie el lugar al cual preceden otros 999 999 999 999 lugares.
> Translation:
> 2. adj. Math. Place that occupy in a serie which precede other 999 999 999 999 places
> That means in English a Trillion, so in resume a "Billón" in Spanish is a Trillion in English and "Milmillonésimo" means a billion.
> Can't tell if this is the same for French, they use the word "milliard" for billion because probably billion in French means the same as in Spanish (trillion) but I'm not sure.



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