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U$S 1,098

English translation: USD 1.098 billion

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Spanish term or phrase:U$S 1,098
English translation:USD 1.098 billion
Entered by: schmetterlich

22:29 Mar 26, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Brochure
Spanish term or phrase: U$S 1,098
Las agroexportaciones peruanas sumaron U$S 1,098 millones en el primer trimestre del año y reflejaron un crecimiento de 1% en comparación al mismo trimestre del 2014. Sin embargo, la Asociación de Exportadores (Adex) informó que se percibe una disminución negativa del ritmo que podría comprometer inversiones futuras de crecimiento de los próximos años.

This figure refers to USD 1.098 billion?

Thanks in advance.
schmetterlich
Local time: 21:28
USD 1.098 billion
Explanation:
This tickled my curiosity... I just HAD to check.

According to the World Factbook, Peru exported USD 53.823 billion in 2017, meaning ca. USD 13.5 billion per quarter.

Those are total exports. If agricultural products indeed account for USD 1.098 billion, that means that ca. 8% of export comes from agriculture, which sounds somewhat reasonable, given that the bulk consists of metals, oil, and gas.
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Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 04:28
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2USD 1.098 billion
Daniel Frisano
41.098 million US dollars
David Hollywood
4USD1.098
Ignacio González Sánchez


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
USD 1.098 billion


Explanation:
This tickled my curiosity... I just HAD to check.

According to the World Factbook, Peru exported USD 53.823 billion in 2017, meaning ca. USD 13.5 billion per quarter.

Those are total exports. If agricultural products indeed account for USD 1.098 billion, that means that ca. 8% of export comes from agriculture, which sounds somewhat reasonable, given that the bulk consists of metals, oil, and gas.

Daniel Frisano
Italy
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Good research! I don't believe that "you have to stick to the source text no matter how wrong it may be".
15 hrs
neutral  David Hollywood: well this is a moot point but "million" is clearly not enough so.....
1 day 2 hrs
agree  Luis M. Sosa
2 days 16 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
1.098 million US dollars


Explanation:
it should be billion but your source text says "million" so there you have the quandary

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-03-27 02:51:34 GMT)
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en español debería decir "mil millones"

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-03-27 02:54:19 GMT)
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in terms of national exports "million" would be miniscule, so I think there is a mistake in the source text

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-03-27 02:55:23 GMT)
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but as a translator you have to stick to the source text no matter how wrong it may be.....

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-03-27 02:57:15 GMT)
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para mí está mal escrito en español

David Hollywood
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 75
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2 days 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
USD1.098


Explanation:
El sistema numérico utilizado en Perú, determina que la "," se usa para separar los decimales. In Peru, the system used states that the "," is only used to separate the decimal part of a number. Also, in English there should be no space between the currency symbol (USD) and the number or corresponding value.


    Reference: http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...
Ignacio González Sánchez
Uruguay
Local time: 23:28
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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