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dúvida sobre colocação de número

English translation: fifty fishermen and women were interviewed

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Portuguese term or phrase:dúvida sobre colocação de número
English translation:fifty fishermen and women were interviewed
Entered by: Nick Taylor

21:21 Jun 13, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: dúvida sobre colocação de número
Boa noite. Estou a realizar uma tradução e uma inversão levou ao posicionamento de um número no início da frase. Trata se de entrevistados sobre um determinado assunto, e a frase começaria, portanto, mencionando o número de entrevistados:

"50 pescadores de ambos sexos foram entrevistados..."

Seria correto começar uma frase com um número, conforme na frase acima, ou o correto seria designar o número por extenso?

"50 fishermen of both sexes have been interviewed..."
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 03:19
fifty fishermen and women were interviewed
Explanation:
fifty fishermen and women were interviewed
(it is implicit that women in this case is fisherwomen)
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:19
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1We interviewed 50 fishermen of both sexes
Gilmar Fernandes
4A total of 50 fishermen of both sexes were interviewed
Muriel Vasconcellos
4fifty fishermen and women were interviewed
Nick Taylor


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We interviewed 50 fishermen of both sexes


Explanation:
one way of doing this

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_it_okay_to_start_a_sentence_wit...

another item there in your phrase which could raise some worry:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fisherwoman

Usage notes
In contemporary usage it has become more common to refer to anglers of both sexes as 'fishermen'.



Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 02:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  connie leite
6 mins
  -> Thanks Connie :)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: I wouldn't introduce 'we' unless it was in the original. That was always the rule in the offices where I worked. 'We' puts the entire discourse on a different level. It's a major transition. It is not used in serious publications.
3 hrs
  -> Well, according to the Asker this is for General/Conversation/Greetings/Letters. BTW, my intention here is just to make suggestions. Asker will do whatever he likes with it (use it or simply disregard it). I'm not here to judge anyone.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A total of 50 fishermen of both sexes were interviewed


Explanation:
This is the formula that appears in most style manuals.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-06-14 01:16:18 GMT)
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See:
http://www.mtdesk.com/Numbers: at the beginning of a sentenc...



Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Gilmar Fernandes: Total is not in the original either, but it's ok to use right ? Matter of style :)
7 mins
  -> Yes, it's entirely different.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fifty fishermen and women were interviewed


Explanation:
fifty fishermen and women were interviewed
(it is implicit that women in this case is fisherwomen)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 119
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