Douglas Bissell Jun 22, 2011:

Nancy, first of all I'd like to welcome you to the forum and hope we can help. Many of us know each other and although we may not agree I think we all have a healthy respect for each other. Portuguese documents often have the date written in full but this is often not required in plain English. I usually just write the date normally in UK or US English deoending on the audience. Mark could perhaps help you with where writing the numbers in full would be required and Connie's response is possibly a half-way solution between mine and Mark's. Hope this helps.

Nancy Berube (asker) Jun 22, 2011:

Clarification I am new to using this forum, and I don't think I adequately described my query. In the original document, it is written "Vinte e sete de janeiro de mil nove centos e oitenta e cinco". I am wondering if it should be translated as "twenty seventh of January of ninetten eighty-five" or something similar.