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Poll: Do you live in a town with less than 50.000 residents? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| No, my town has more than 50,000 residents | May 7 |
I live in Lisbon. In demographic terms, according to data from the National Statistics Institute, Lisbon has a resident population of 548,000, but if we consider the metropolitan region (greater Lisbon) it has 2.89 million inhabitants
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I live in a town of about 15,000 residents. That's 'less [sic] than 50,000', but more than 10,000, so I can't vote.
(edited to adjust the thousands separator and to highlight the classic 'less/fewer' error
[Edited at 2024-05-07 22:35 GMT]
[Edited at 2024-05-08 00:38 GMT]
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Why this silly question? Are you out of inspiration?
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I used to live in a town of 49,999 residents but now one of them has had a baby. I wonder how that’ll change me as a translator?
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Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 19:20
Member (2009)
English to German
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My city is heading towards the 4 million citizens. The district I live in has nearly 164.000.
[Edited at 2024-05-08 06:42 GMT]
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Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 19:20
Member (2020)
English to German
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The biggest city I have ever lived in reached the mark of 140,000 sometime in 2022, but I am now very happy to live in a rural town of 8k.
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Christopher Schröder wrote:
I used to live in a town of 49,999 residents but now one of them has had a baby. I wonder how that’ll change me as a translator?
Well, they used "than" instead of "then". Focus on the positive aspects
In any case, I can't participate in this poll, living in a town of around 30 k inhabitants (perhaps 30,001 by now; I haven't kept track )
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20 minutes far from Milan
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as Imperia has about 43,000 residents but it's interesting to see how people enjoy getting into a twist about "less" and "fewer", without even knowing the difference - making a mistake themselves while supposedly correcting others. The rule is the same for both British and American English and is well explained here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less... See more as Imperia has about 43,000 residents but it's interesting to see how people enjoy getting into a twist about "less" and "fewer", without even knowing the difference - making a mistake themselves while supposedly correcting others. The rule is the same for both British and American English and is well explained here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less
which explains why we say "less than three miles" ... "less than twenty dollars" ... "less than five years" and "less than 50,000 people" ... "all things which are often thought of as amounts rather than numbers".
The question is written correctly.
People make mistakes in languages - our job is to understand them, not so much criticise them. Right? ▲ Collapse
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 19:20
French to English
About 65,000 I think. But then it's part of the Paris region with about 12 million inhabitants. A considerable chunk of the 68 million inhabitants of France.
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| Fewer / less than 7500 | May 8 |
I cannot boast about how large my town is, but it's a great place all the same. I live in a country with a population of less than 6 million.
But don´t let that worry anyone. The government is a coalition of three parties, and there are twelve other parties - fifteen altogether, plus five independents - in the national parliament, the Folketing, which has 179 members.
Two parties are from Greenland - representing a population of 56,661
and two are from the Faroe... See more I cannot boast about how large my town is, but it's a great place all the same. I live in a country with a population of less than 6 million.
But don´t let that worry anyone. The government is a coalition of three parties, and there are twelve other parties - fifteen altogether, plus five independents - in the national parliament, the Folketing, which has 179 members.
Two parties are from Greenland - representing a population of 56,661
and two are from the Faroes, with a population of 53,090
These four parties are represented by one member each in the Folketing, and they often abstain from voting on matters that only affect Denmark. But they can swing the choice of prime minister, for instance.
These are just statistics - fortunately I am not allowed to discuss politics here!
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Simon Turner wrote: as Imperia has about 43,000 residents but it's interesting to see how people enjoy getting into a twist about "less" and "fewer", without even knowing the difference - making a mistake themselves while supposedly correcting others. The rule is the same for both British and American English and is well explained here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less which explains why we say "less than three miles" ... "less than twenty dollars" ... "less than five years" and "less than 50,000 people" ... "all things which are often thought of as amounts rather than numbers". The question is written correctly. People make mistakes in languages - our job is to understand them, not so much criticise them. Right?
Sorry but your wrong.
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Christopher Schröder wrote:
Sorry but your wrong.
Of course it's my wrong! And it's Webster's wrong too. But we can live with our mistakes.
[Edited at 2024-05-08 15:45 GMT]
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