Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
posities nul
English translation:
leading zeros
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Ashok Bagri
Dec 23, 2009 12:02
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Query: Does 'positie' mean position or digit in the context of this sentence. If 'position', can the translation be considered as 'zero at position ten' or does this mean ten digits of zeroes followed by other digits. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Context:
Dit fictieve nummer (identificatienumemr ABC) bestaat uit 10 posities nul gevolgd door een volgnr van 4 posities beginnend bij 1 en met 1 oplopend.
Context:
Dit fictieve nummer (identificatienumemr ABC) bestaat uit 10 posities nul gevolgd door een volgnr van 4 posities beginnend bij 1 en met 1 oplopend.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +7 | leading zeros |
Grayson Morr (X)
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| 3 | characters zero |
Elsje Apostel
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| 3 | digits/numeric characters with value zero |
Max Nuijens
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Proposed translations
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leading zeros
In this particular example, the ID number consists of ten zeros followed by 1234. Since the zeros begin the number, you can call them "leading zeros". You don't specifically need to translate "position" in this sentence.
Example sentence:
"...consists of ten leading zeros followed by a four-digit number..."
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Elsje Apostel
Belgium
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characters zero
IMO
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Max Nuijens
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
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digits/numeric characters with value zero
As I intepret it there are 10 positions where a digit can be placed, in other words, a number with 10 digits. In this case the value of the digits is zero. I assume that the number contains digits, and no possibility for having letters.
If you say "zero at position ten", the meaning is reversed. I is rather "zeros at all ten positions", if you want to stick with calling them positions.
If you say "zero at position ten", the meaning is reversed. I is rather "zeros at all ten positions", if you want to stick with calling them positions.
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