Translating dates

[Misha Angelovskiy]

Spelling out the names of the months tends to be the
preferred practice for translating into American
English, but if you chose to keep the dates as they
are, why not just add a tiny note before the table
appears stating that "all dates appear in dd.mm.yy
format."  I've seen that done plenty.


Misha Angelovskiy


--- Seifer Donna <donna.seifer at COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> I suggest 2 May 2006, etc.
> 
> Donna Seifer  
> Russian Language Services
> 
> 
> On 3/29/07 8:54 AM, "Valentino, Russell"
> <russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU>
> wrote:
> 
> > Spelling them out would be the safest, but if
> space is a concern a smart
> > short-form solution I've seen is to use a Roman
> numeral for the month in
> > second position--so: 2 V 06 = May 2, 2006.
> > 
> > Russell Valentino
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages
> and Literatures list
> > [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Emily
> Saunders
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:44 AM
> > To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] Translating dates
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a question for more experienced
> translators.  I've been handed a
> > couple of papers to translate from Russian to
> English about whales.
> > They are, I believe, to be delivered at an
> upcoming conference or
> > consortium or some such in Alaska.  They contain
> tables with dates of
> > whale sightings and periods of observations. 
> These dates are naturally
> > in the Russian format such as:  2.05 and 
> 5.06-7.11, which Americans
> > could (would?) erroneously read as February 5 and
> June 5 - July 11 if
> > left in their current format.
> > 
> > A suggestion I've received is to switch the
> numbers, but put an
> > American slash "/" between them instead of the
> period to make it clear
> > that this is American format.  My gut, however,
> says to spell them out
> > (May 2 and June 5 - Nov 7) since simply switching
> the order would be
> > potentially confusing for Russians.  This will
> take up more column
> > width in the tables, which is a little awkward,
> but essentially doable.
> >   Or should I just leave them be because the
> scientific community out
> > there follows the European norm anyway (sort of
> like kilos and
> > celsius)?  If there is any set norm as to how this
> is dealt with, I'd
> > be very grateful to know.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Emily Saunders
> > 
> >
>
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