Dutch term
Native in: Dutch 
00 or ,= behind the comma
€ 150,- or € 150,=
whereby the - or = means 00, is accepted and recognized in other countries, or should ",00" always be used?
I can't find this anywhere on internet.
Many thanks for your help!
| 4 +3 | not in English! |
Michael Beijer
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| 5 -2 | both ok but with a full stop |
W Schouten
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Mar 21, 2013 11:15: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "Dutch to English" to "Dutch"
Mar 21, 2013 13:05: Gerard de Noord changed "Language pair" from "Dutch" to "Dutch to English"
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Experienced technical/patent translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) 
Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English, English to Dutch, and 2 more.
not in English!
€ 150,- or € 150,=
whereby the - or = means 00, is NOT accepted and recognised in US or UK English.
Personally, I would write:
€ 150,- or € 150,=
like this:
€150 or €150.00
Hope this helps!
| Many thanks for your help and explanation, this is exactly what I wanted to know (and I guess I should apologize to all others for the confusion!) Best regards, Sandra |
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Kitty Brussaard
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Thanks, Kitty!
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writeaway
: not sure the question only pertains to English but a second agree here will close it and put the question of its misery. This is getting to be ietsje 'te'. Isn't this the same answer you disagreed with above?/so it applies to all other languages!
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I disagreed with W Scouten's answer because it is an answer to the wrong question. The question is about the peculiar Dutch habit of finishing amounts with a - or ,=. It isn't about commas vs. full stops.
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Frank van Thienen (X)
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Thanks, Frank!
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both ok but with a full stop
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David Walker (X)
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thanks
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Steven Segaert
: I think you need to explain that a bit more :-). In Dutch, the "," is used to indicate decimals. In English, "." is used. Is that what you mean?
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sindy cremer
: Sorry, have to disagree: Dutch uses a comma!
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Jack den Haan
: As Sindy points out, Dutch uses a comma as decimal separator (and a period/full stop as thousands separator). The minus sign following the comma is further more common than the equal sign, IMHO.
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I thought the questioner asked for the English practice
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Michael Beijer
: I think you misunderstood the question.
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Reference comments
Estonia
Naturally fluent
Native in: Dutch , Flemish
Works in: English to Dutch, English to Flemish, Dutch to Flemish
Depends on country and language
To know what to do in official publications, please check the documentation provided by the EU: http://publications.europa.eu/code/nl/nl-000500.htm - there are language-specific instructions for every language. In EU documents in Dutch, the ",00" or ",-" is not used.
When in doubt, I personally use the suggestions made by the EU for EU-documents. If only to achieve consistency.
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Gerard de Noord
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sindy cremer
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Michael Beijer
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W Schouten
: and I did get the question wrong, sorry
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No apologies for trying to help! ;-)
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Kitty Brussaard
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You have my word on it
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch, Flemish to Dutch
Discussion
The rules on what to write how are per language - not per currency. The Dutch rules are the same whether you are talking about USD, EUR, ...
So, In Dutch, there is a linguistic rule that prescribes writing a number as such: 123,45 (or "," to separate decimals. In English, the rule is that a dot is used: 987.65
Whether you separate thousands and more with a . or a space in Dutch is not prescribed in a fixed way. I prefer 123 456,78 and some people like to write 123.456,78 (I don't know whether or not there is a fixed rule for that in English).
And lastly, whether you can write 123,- or 123,= or not depends, as I understand it, on the locale. In The Netherlands, people seem to use it. In Belgium, we usually don't (but we'll understand what it means). And in the rest of the world, they might thing you are trying to use a new kind of currency symbol :-).
And last but not least, I would suggest you either consistently use the ISO codes (EUR, USD, ...) or the official name of the currency (euro (small letter), US-dollar, ...)