millones de tiros

English translation: millions of copies

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Spanish term or phrase:millones de tiros
English translation:millions of copies
Entered by: John Milan

13:22 Aug 12, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Printing & Publishing
Spanish term or phrase: millones de tiros
This term is a table header in an auditor's report and refers to the publishing industry in Argentina. It isn't used in a sentence, but the context appears to refer to number of items published. Here's the table:

Milliones de Tiros
Productos em 2003
Editorial 150.000.000
Comercial xxx
John Milan
United States
Local time: 08:37
milliones of copies
Explanation:
Pienso que se refiere a unidades. Una edición puede tener 3000 ejemplares de libros o folletos por ejemplo.

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MILLIONS
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 06:37
Grading comment
Gracias, Rafael
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1milliones of copies
Rafael Molina Pulgar
3millions of editions
Lisa McCarthy


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millions of editions


Explanation:
Collins dictionary has 'issue' or 'edition' as a translation of `tiro', at least for Mexico.

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Correction

I've just seen that you say it's a header in a table, so I would suggset something like:

"Editions (millions)"

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Or just the singular 'million'.

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 13:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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milliones of copies


Explanation:
Pienso que se refiere a unidades. Una edición puede tener 3000 ejemplares de libros o folletos por ejemplo.

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2012-08-14 04:12:53 GMT)
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MILLIONS

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 06:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Gracias, Rafael

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agree  macimovic
9 mins
  -> Gracias, Milica.
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