用英语写数字时的规则
<p>在汉英笔译和英语写作中，经常会遇到数字;哪些场合用单词表示，哪些场合用阿拉伯数字表示，往往使人难以确定，现行语法书中也极少涉及此类问题。</p><p>实际上，以英语为母语的国家，在书写数字时已形成几条约定俗成的规则，现总结如下供读者参考。</p><p>一。 英美等国的出版社在排版时遵循一条原则，即1至10用单词表示，10以上的数目用阿拉伯数字(也有的以100为界限)，这条原则值得我们行文时借鉴。</p><p><span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="five">five</span>.</p><p>那个工作台长10英尺，宽5英尺。<span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="classroom">classroom</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> 20 <span word="to">to</span> 30 <span word="students">students</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> 45-<span word="to">to</span>-50-<span word="minute">minute</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="session">session</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p>由一个教授和十名学生每周会晤两三次，每次授课时间45到50分钟，是大学程度课堂教学的传统方式。</p><p>二。 人数用阿技伯数字表示显得更简洁明了，但不定数量、近似值用单词表示较恰当。</p><p><span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> 203817 <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="electoral">electoral</span> <span word="rolls">rolls</span>.</p><p>选举名单上有203817个投票人。</p><p><span word="Eg">Eg</span>. <span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> <span word="thirty">thirty</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="election">election</span>.</p><p>近3万个投票人参加了这次选举。</p><p>三。 遇到日期、百分比、带单位的特殊数字，通常用阿拉伯数字。</p>
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