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$20/K yr

French translation: Mille (Kilo)

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English term or phrase:K
French translation:Mille (Kilo)
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann

10:31 Jun 4, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: $20/K yr
Dans le cadre du prix d'une adhésion... A quoi correspond le K?
Emmanuelle ROUE
France
Local time: 09:19
K=Mille
Explanation:
K commes from the Greek kilo=mille or thousand.
HTH
Gayle

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Note added at 2002-06-04 10:35:48 (GMT)
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$20K yr would be $20,000.00 par année

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Note added at 2002-06-04 16:15:07 (GMT)
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Oh dear, after all these agrees, no one took the time to correct my typo. \"comes\", not \"commes.\"
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Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 09:19
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Summary of answers provided
4 +21K=Mille
Gayle Wallimann
4 +4kilodollars/an
Florence Bremond
4 +2(20 000) Vingt mille $US par an
gilbertlu
5$20,000 (dollars) per year
tinam966
4K =Mille
Salmonmj


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +21
K=Mille


Explanation:
K commes from the Greek kilo=mille or thousand.
HTH
Gayle

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Note added at 2002-06-04 10:35:48 (GMT)
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$20K yr would be $20,000.00 par année

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Note added at 2002-06-04 16:15:07 (GMT)
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Oh dear, after all these agrees, no one took the time to correct my typo. \"comes\", not \"commes.\"

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1385
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  5Q: Agree. It should read $20K/yr.
3 mins
agree  Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
6 mins
agree  sujata: perfect !
16 mins
agree  Florence Bremond: exact - dans les entreprises on dit 'kilo'
20 mins
agree  Arthur Borges: It's used in English too.
23 mins
agree  cheungmo: Peut-être, mais dans les entreprises anglophones, on dit "K" (kay).
24 mins
agree  fcl: on avait les "caeffe" (kF),aurons-nous les "caeu" ?
25 mins
agree  Circe
27 mins
agree  Isla MONTREUIL
28 mins
agree  C Greene
32 mins
agree  IsaPro
39 mins
agree  swani (X)
48 mins
agree  Arnold Baren
1 hr
agree  Sarah Ponting: definitely!
1 hr
agree  RHELLER: yes, $20.000,00
2 hrs
agree  Nicole Levesque
2 hrs
agree  dreyfu (X): josé dreyfuss
2 hrs
agree  spencer
4 hrs
agree  Theresa Pisani Moniez: exactement, comme le bug de l'an 2000 s'appellait "the Y2K bug" aux USA (year 2000). Don't worry about the typo, Gayle, we still like you ;)
21 hrs
agree  niort57: perfect
1 day 14 hrs
agree  Ivan Frankovics
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Thank you all, but isn't this a bit much??
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
K =Mille


Explanation:
That's it

Salmonmj
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 3
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
kilodollars/an


Explanation:
Dans les organismes qui gèrent de grosses sommes on utilise cette façon de parler : kilofrancs, kiloeuros, kilodollars

"Salaire minimum (K€), salaire annuel en kiloEuros. Mots clés.
"
http://www.invitae.com/menuHR/display_candidat/


"Enfin il faudra analyser ce que pourrait représenter de nouveaux seuils psychologiques
de rémunérations (passer des kilofrancs aux kiloeuros), "
http://www.bretagne.experts-comptables.fr/telechar/fiche4.pd...


"Only, Unix was extremely expensive for personal users (in the range of kilo
dollars) and much too cumbersome for personal computers at the time"
http://www.cukezone.com/kk49/linux/chapter2.html

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1739

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Magrik: Fort bien documenté!
26 mins
  -> merci Magali
agree  Arnold Baren
41 mins
  -> merci Arnold
agree  ohlala (X)
1 hr
agree  Ivan Frankovics
1 day 19 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(20 000) Vingt mille $US par an


Explanation:
C'est tout simplement comme cela qu'on dit en bon français.

gilbertlu
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1203

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MikeGarcia
2 hrs
agree  Ivan Frankovics
1 day 18 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
$20,000 (dollars) per year


Explanation:
Aux Etats-Unis, le lettre "k" connote la valeur. Si utilisee par example dans ce context, c'est bien la valeur. Elle est utilisee aussi pour demontrer les salaires, eg "I make 50K a year" - $50,000.

tinam966
PRO pts in pair: 8
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