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Under CHF 20 000 (typography)

French translation: CHF 20'000

18:10 May 20, 2012
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English term or phrase: Under CHF 20 000 (typography)
"Is your annual household income (gross) under CHF 20 000?"

If translated into French (CH), what are the punctuation rules exactly to translate big numbers?

I've seen things like "20'000" (http://grandvillard-ch.omnis.ch/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/t... is it the correct way to write it?

And is CHF placed before or after the number? As I've seen both so far...

Thanks for your help!
Lin0u
France
Local time: 22:53
French translation:CHF 20'000
Explanation:
To judge from the contents of this Swiss website, it is
CHF 20'000.- (presumably CHF 250'000) is also OK.
(that should be CHF, space, 20, apostrophe, 000, dot, dash (which I have written because the ProZ system may put a backslash before the apostrophe)
Search for
CHF 250'000.-
on that page:

http://www.swisslos.ch/euromillions/fr/lottoportal/euromilli...
(or perhaps just search for "CHF" on that page, in case the contents change)

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(The backslash seems to have disappeared, but it was there in the preview of my answer.)
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Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:53
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thanks!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2CHF 20'000
Oliver Walter
5inférieur à chf 20.000 (Typographie)
Nesrine Echroudi
3inférieur à 20 000 CHF
Khwansuree DEROLLEPOT


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
under chf 20 000 (typography)
CHF 20'000


Explanation:
To judge from the contents of this Swiss website, it is
CHF 20'000.- (presumably CHF 250'000) is also OK.
(that should be CHF, space, 20, apostrophe, 000, dot, dash (which I have written because the ProZ system may put a backslash before the apostrophe)
Search for
CHF 250'000.-
on that page:

http://www.swisslos.ch/euromillions/fr/lottoportal/euromilli...
(or perhaps just search for "CHF" on that page, in case the contents change)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-05-20 21:03:35 GMT)
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(The backslash seems to have disappeared, but it was there in the preview of my answer.)

Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: That's the way it's written on the Swiss texts I translate into English
11 hrs
agree  enrico paoletti
17 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
under chf 20 000 (typography)
inférieur à chf 20.000 (Typographie)


Explanation:
CHF est l’abréviation officielle du franc suisse, la devise de la Confédération helvétique.
La Suisse a quatre langues officielles. De ce fait, le CHF est connu sous le nom de “Schweizer Franken” en allemand, “Franc suisse” en français, “Franco svizzero” en italien et “Franc svizzer” en langue romande.

La franc suisse est souvent représenté par le symbole CHF, Fr. ou SFr. Elle est l’une des devises les plus échangées au monde.

Le franc suisse a été officiellement reconnu comme devise de la Suisse en mai 1850. Il remplaça plusieurs devises alors émises par les différents cantons du pays. C’est le gouvernement fédéral suisse qui prit cette décision dans le but de simplifier un système monétaire complexe.
L'abréviation bancaire officielle est CHF

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Par exemple, CHF.1,000 signifie "mille francs suisses"
chf + . + ammount

Nesrine Echroudi
Tunisia
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 day 20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
under chf 20 000 (typography)
inférieur à 20 000 CHF


Explanation:
I don't know how it works in Switzerland or Canada but in France, you can either use the full stop "." or leave a space when you write big numbers, so either 20.000 or 20 000 for twenty thousands and the abreviation is usually put after the numbers.

Otherwise the French use the comma "," for small units and in this case 20,000 means twenty.

Khwansuree DEROLLEPOT
France
Local time: 22:53
Native speaker of: Native in ThaiThai
PRO pts in category: 4
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