Translating Numbers to Words
Money amounts often must be printed in word form and/or numeric form. The most familiar example of this might be when printing the amount on a check or a receipt. The words are usually considered to be the legal expression of the amount, making accuracy essential. For example, in German, a check for €125.67 would be printed as “Eins-Zwei-Fünf Euros und Sechs-Sieben Cents.” In English, $125.67 would translate as One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and Sixty Seven cents (or One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and 67/100 Cents, depending on the format used for the printing of checks).
The Number To Words feature supports translation of numerals into words in multiple languages. By default, OPERA Cloud expresses numbers in English words.
If the Profile Language function is not being used, and the base language for the property is not English, you can use the Number To Words feature to translate the numbers into words. The translations also provided for words like “Dollars,” ”Cents,” and “and,” which might be required in expressions of written amounts.
Reports that reference a profile language, such as folios and receipts, automatically select the appropriate translation for the particular instance of the report, if available. When printing checks in Commissions Processing, the language associated with the bank account determines which language is used for the check amount written in words.
The Number to Words translation is literal (number for number) except for languages indicated by an X in the Grammatical column of the following table where grammatical idiosyncrasies are accommodated. For example, 1234.50 would be rendered as One Two Three Four Dollars and Five Zero Cents where the rendering is literal. Where a grammatical translation is provided, the amount is rendered as One Thousand Three Hundred and Four Dollars and Fifty Cents.
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Language |
Language Code |
Grammatical |
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AR |
Arabic |
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BG |
Bulgarian |
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CA |
Catalan |
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CS |
Czechoslovakian |
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DA |
Danish |
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DE |
German |
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E |
English |
X |
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EL |
Greek |
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EN |
English (ISO) |
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ES |
Spanish |
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ET |
Estonian |
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EU |
Basque |
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FA |
Persian |
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FI |
Finnish |
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FR |
French |
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GL |
Galician |
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HR |
Croatian |
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HU |
Hungarian |
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IT |
Italian |
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JA |
Japanese |
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KO |
Korean |
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LT |
Lithuanian |
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LV |
Latvian |
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NL |
Dutch |
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NO |
Norwegian |
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PL |
Polish |
X |
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PT |
Portuguese |
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PT-BR |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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RO |
Romanian |
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RU |
Russian |
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SK |
Slovakian |
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SL |
Slovanian |
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SV |
Swedish |
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TH |
Thai |
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TR |
Turkish |
X |
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UK |
Ukranian |
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VI |
Vietnamese |
X |
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ZH-S |
Chinese Simplified |
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ZH-T |
Chinese Traditional |