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Apr 4, 2023 00:34
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English term

an area of approximately 50,000 *** meters

English Other Other Subtitling/subtítulos
Greetings!

is the same subtitle I asked about before.

I am working with what seems to be an automatic transcription:

This draft script shows "an area of approximately 50,000 square meters".

But the woman speaking clearly says another thing: "an area of approximately 50,000 ***twenty/twendy*** meters...".

The rest of the sentence has no relevance to decide or clarify.

There is other part where a man says the same.

They say other thing, not square, but would it be a synonym of square and "metros cuadrados/m²" is ok? Or what they say?

Thanks in advance for your assistance

Audio files in the cloud here: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnSGX1lfhyF6mneqTzNFoXsUXqtQ?e=SepRbq

M4a and mp3 formats
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Daryo

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Discussion

O G V (asker) May 4, 2023:
thanks to all for their contributions i decided to close this question without grading. seems the fairest thing.
Daryo Apr 6, 2023:
Another way of looking at it An "area" is two-dimensional, so if meters are used to measure it, it could ONLY be "square meters", not "cubic meters" or plain "(linear) meters". I've never heard of any "synonym" for "square meter", so "an area of approximately 50,000 square meters" is not s.t. I would ever go checking solely because I couldn't hear "square" clearly on the sound recording. It doesn't matter even if it's completely garbled - the blank between "50,000" and "metres" can ONLY be filled with "square" if the whole of "an area of approximately 50,000 *&*&^%¬ meters" is to make sense.
philgoddard Apr 4, 2023:
I don't think it's worth turning this into a glossary entry, since no one will look it up.
Sometimes it takes a few minutes for questions to appear after you post them, which may explain the repetition.
Christopher Schröder Apr 4, 2023:
The woman says "50,000 square metre area", maybe that is the source of your confusion
FPC Apr 4, 2023:
Yes, square for what it's worth I also endorse "square". The woman in the first file maybe speaks NZ-ENG?
JaneD Apr 4, 2023:
What Phil said They definitely both say "50,000 square metres".
O G V (asker) Apr 4, 2023:
What a surprise! But as you are a native professional I have to believe it is square.
Will try to increase my comprehension of English spoken. Lol.
Thanks a lot
Post it as an answer when you want to get the kudoZ, Phil.
philgoddard Apr 4, 2023:
They both say 50,000 square metres.

Responses

28 days

an area of approximately 50,000 *** meters

Yes theyt both say 50,000 square metres.
Note from asker:
gracias por la respuesta it arrives a month after, but the thing is that another prozian answered almost immediately and after rejected to receive the points. So it seems better to consider this a non point question. hope you understand.
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