Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
16 yrs ago
Czech term
Czech Republic
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.
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 |
Mike Gogulski
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| 4 +1 | dozens of millions of Czech Crowns |
Pavel Prudký
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| 4 | 10s Million Crowns |
Pavel Blann
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References
| of...of |
Jana Bedanova
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Change log
Mar 28, 2010 18:54: Mike Gogulski Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+9
2 mins
Mike Gogulski
Slovakia
Slovakia
Native in English
Slovakia
Always better than just good enough
Native in: English
Works in: Slovak to English, English, Czech to English
Related KudoZ points
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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.
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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.... |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+1
3 mins
Pavel Prudký
Native in Czech
Quality First And Foremost
Native in: Czech 
Works in: English to Czech, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
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...
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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
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děkuji
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Veronika Hansova
: jo, to se mi líbí
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děkuji
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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
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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_
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Jim Tucker (X)
: (Your first link to Martha is a translation from CZ.)
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yes, sure, I agree, I meant that I am one of those who are not perfect :-)
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10s Million Crowns
další možnost
Reference comments
15 mins
Jana Bedanova
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in Czech
Czech Republic
Accuracy, reliability and deadlines
Native in: Czech
Works in: Czech to English, English to Czech, Slovak to English
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...
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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