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Mar 28, 2022 17:03
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Spanish term

en el orden del 10 al 20%

Spanish to English Other Other
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...que genera un aumento en el rendimiento de los cultivos en el orden del 10 al 20%.

...which generates a proven increase in yield crops in the order of 10 to 20%.

Gracias!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 of around 10 to 20%
5 +3 on the order of 10 to 20%
4 +2 in the range of 10 to 20%
4 +1 by 10 to 20%
4 +1 in the region/order of 10 to 20%
4 between 10 and 20%
References
Refs.
Yield crops vs crop yields
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Discussion

Helena Chavarria Mar 29, 2022:
@everybody who made a comment Thank you for giving your opinions :-)
Robert Carter Mar 28, 2022:
I agree with Helena: in formal writing, I would normally write it as either "10% to 20%" or "10–20%" (in the latter case using an en dash as opposed to a hyphen). Amy Einsohn (The Copyeditor's Handbook, 2nd Ed., p. 177) seems to agree with us too (or perhaps that's where I got it from in the first place).
Adrian MM. Mar 28, 2022:
@ Helen C. 10 to 20% is also common in languages other than Spanish, such as German https://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/10 ...
> also to omit the first 1.000 = 1,000 or million, so 10 to 20 million : albeit arithmetically ambiguous for starting at number ten.
ezpz Mar 28, 2022:
touché, point taken
Helena Chavarria Mar 28, 2022:
@ezpz Thank you! I thought it was similar to the date and other cases when we write in full but say and read the shortened version: we say and read THE 28th OF March but write 28 March; say twenty past four but write 4.20/16:20, not to mention all the abbreviated auxiliary verbs!
ezpz Mar 28, 2022:
omg, I wrote write as right, wow
ezpz Mar 28, 2022:
Hi Helena, in English it is also very common to right 10 to 20% // 10-20%. The written word usually tries to emulate the spoken, and one does not hear "ten percent to twenty percent" quite as frequently.
Helena Chavarria Mar 28, 2022:
Taking advantage of this question I have a question of my own. In Spanish it's common to see figures like 10 to 20%, writing the symbol after the second figure only, but in English I prefer writing the symbol twice (10% to 20%). I would appreciate your opinions.
philgoddard Mar 28, 2022:
Two mistakes It doesn't say "proven".
It's crop yields, not yield crops.

Proposed translations

+6
23 mins
Selected

of around 10 to 20%

Example sentence:

Despite a decrease of around 10% over 2001, average peak time [...] rates charged by EU mobile operators for terminating telephone.

ecorded an increase of around 10% at constant exchange rates compared to 2006

Note from asker:
Gracias!
Peer comment(s):
agree Jennifer Levey
38 mins
Thank you, Jennifer!
agree philgoddard
2 hrs
Thank you, Phil!
agree Helena Chavarria
1 day 4 hrs
Thank you, Helena!
agree Robert Carter : This would be my choice, but with the percentage sign next to both figures.
2 days 10 hrs
Thank you, Robert!
agree Simone Taylor
2 days 16 hrs
Thank you, Simone!
agree Thomas Walker : This is certainly another equivalent way of translating the ST. This translation doesn't retain the "on/in the order of" that is there in the ST, but we often use equivalent expressions that are not just a translation of the words in the ST.
3 days 1 hr
Thank you, Tom!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
12 mins

by 10 to 20%

BTW

it is

crop yield
Peer comment(s):
neutral Jennifer Levey : 'by' doesn't sit well in Asker's proposed sentence structure. 'of 10 to 20%' would be better.
48 mins
agree philgoddard : "Increases crop yields by" is fine, but I don't think you can ignore "en el ordén de".
2 hrs
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1 hr

between 10 and 20%

I believe that by saying between you establish a range (just a tip)
Peer comment(s):
neutral Andrew Bramhall : That's a bit specific though; the figures may be slightly outside that range.
31 mins
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+1
2 hrs

in the region/order of 10 to 20%

of roughly/approximately 10 to 20 %;
Peer comment(s):
agree Simone Taylor
2 days 14 hrs
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+3
2 hrs

on the order of 10 to 20%

This is only a slight difference from Andrew's answer, but as a scientist, I am used to almost always seeing ON the order of..., not in the order of.
Peer comment(s):
agree Taña Dalglish : In principle, I would agree w/u. However, https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/in-the-order-of-on-t... "in" or "on" comes down to the diff. between AE and Br. Eng. IMO, regardless of variation "on" sounds foreign to my ear.//LOL!
1 hr
Thanks, Taña. Very interesting, I hadn't considered BE vs AE. "In the order of..." sounds foreign to my ear.
agree Robert Carter : Yes, "in" sounds right to my UK-En ears too, but I'm thankful for your US-En opinion because I translate mostly to US English and subtleties such as these often elude me even after 20-odd years. Technically, there should be a % sign on both figures.
2 days 8 hrs
Thanks, Robert :-)
agree Simone Taylor : Agree with ears for the same reason (UK)
2 days 13 hrs
Thanks, Simone ;-)
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+2
4 hrs

in the range of 10 to 20%

Peer comment(s):
agree Adrian MM. : except 10% needs to spelled out in BrE as per discussion.
1 hr
Thanks.
agree Simone Taylor
2 days 12 hrs
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Reference comments

4 hrs
Reference:

Refs.

For Tom Walker:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in/of the order o...
British. : around or about (a specified number) : approximately The government has spent in the order of ten million dollars on the project.


https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/in-the-order-of-somet...
in the order of something/of the order of something
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
in the order of something/of the order of something
(also on the order of something American English) a little more or a little less than a particular amount, especially a high amount SYN approximately
a figure in the order of $7 million
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Simone Taylor
2 days 12 hrs
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16 hrs
Reference:

Yield crops vs crop yields

The term "yield crops" is usually found in expressions such as "high-yield crops/low-yield crops". I think the most likely form in the query text will be "crop yields" (=rendimiento de los cultivos).



...which generates a proven increase of of 10% - 20% in crop yields".

...which generates a proven increase in crop yields between 10% and 20%"
Example sentence:

The huge rise in crop yields of the latter part of the 20th century cannot be repeated...

A rise in crop yields of about 2.5% per year for wheat...

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_yield

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