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Glossary entry

Czech term or phrase:

mnoho desítek milionů korun

English translation:

many tens of millions of crowns

Added to glossary by Mike Gogulski
Dec 18, 2008 12:03
15 yrs ago
Czech term

mnoho desítek milionů korun

Czech to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Není to idiom, ale nenašla jsem vhodnější škatulku.
Ztratila jsem se v tom, jak to vyjadřit, zkoušim zleva zprava a nic se mi nelíbí.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +9 many tens of millions of crowns
4 +1 dozens of millions of Czech Crowns
4 10s Million Crowns
References
of...of
Change log

Mar 28, 2010 18:54: Mike Gogulski Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+9
2 mins
Selected

many tens of millions of crowns

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-12-18 12:14:20 GMT)
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Googling for "tens of millions of" yields 3.4 million hits:

http://www.google.sk/search?q="tens of millions of"&ie=utf-8...

Sounds awkward, kinda, but it's what we do.
Note from asker:
Tímto směrem jsem šla také, ale nezdá se mi tam to ....of .....of....
Peer comment(s):
agree seraalice
2 mins
agree Martin Janda : If asked directly,I'd say 'tens' is non-English, but Google proves Mike is right: 4mln vs. 40k
12 mins
agree Jana Bedanova : stejne jako ja, Martine, otazka je, na kolik je Google verohodny a na kolik se opakuji stejne odkazy z jednoho zdroje, bylo by dobre, kdyby to slo na Google nejak vyselektovat
15 mins
agree Maria Chmelarova
1 hr
agree Jennifer Taylor : Yes, at least in the UK, we say tens not dozens in this case. I'm not sure where dozens stops and tens begins though!
2 hrs
agree Martha Sullivan : Mike's right in that it sounds awkward and that it is what we'd say...if we HAD to. Depending on the nature of the text, for example if it's literary rather than technical or financial, I might use the phrase “many, many millions of crowns” or...argh!
2 hrs
agree Jim Tucker (X) : "Tens" is absolutely fine. One would not likely use "dozens" in this kind of context. (Consider omitting the "many" though, as it is probably superfluous.) The "of....of" is also fine.)
3 hrs
agree Kateřina Suchánková
5 hrs
agree Blanka Salkova
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks"
+1
3 mins

dozens of millions of Czech Crowns

asi bych dal toto

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-12-18 12:09:11 GMT)
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to druhé C tedy spíše malé...
Peer comment(s):
agree Jana Bedanova : or several dozens of millions of Czech crowns
7 mins
děkuji
agree Veronika Hansova : jo, to se mi líbí
7 mins
děkuji
disagree Martha Sullivan : For the non-native speakers here who thought of and/or liked using “dozens of” in this case – good instinct, as we do tend to use that where you use “desitky”. The problem is, that doesn’t apply to numbers, just things and people 
2 hrs
thank you for advice, I am one of those who like using "dozens", such as: http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Business/Cechofracht-will-spen... , http://www.wseinternational.eu/pub/spolki_
neutral Jim Tucker (X) : (Your first link to Martha is a translation from CZ.)
3 hrs
yes, sure, I agree, I meant that I am one of those who are not perfect :-)
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1 day 22 hrs

10s Million Crowns

další možnost
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Reference comments

15 mins
Reference:

of...of

of..of je urcite v poradku.

Ja jsem v podstate nikdy neslysela "many tens of millions" a zni to mym usim neladne (puvodne jsem si myslela, ze to je cechismus) ale fakt je, ze na Googlu je x milionu odkazu, az me to samotnou prekvapilo. Dozens se take bezne pouziva...
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