My questions involve BC and AD date ranges.

Question

How is 206 BC - 220 AD written in Spanish?

My attempt: 206 a. C. a 220 d. C.

Is the abbreviation before or after the year?

a. C. 206 a d. C. 220

Muchas gracias.

I think I found my answer here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

¡Qué buena pregunta Bandit! - nonombre, Feb 5, 2012

Hola Annie! I never really thought about BC dates before in English. But here with the Spanish translation I'd like to "get it right"! - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

You never know when you might need to write something like that! I've made a note in my notebook :) - nonombre, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 1

also:

EC y AEC y explican generalmente en los pies de página que el mismo se refiere a ‘era común’ y ‘antes de la era común’.

Otras opciones (B.C.) correctas según Wikipedia:

• a. C. (‘antes de Cristo’, quizá la más utilizada).
• adC (‘antes de Cristo’, utilizada casi exclusivamente en Wikipedia en español).
• a. de C. (‘antes de Cristo’, menos usual).
• a. de J. C. (‘antes de Jesús Cristo’, menos usual).
• AEC (‘antes [de la] Era Común’), acrónimo aconfesional cada vez más frecuente. Es traducción del inglés BCE (before Common Era: antes de la Era Común).
• a. e. c. (‘antes [de la] Era Común’).
• a. J. C. (‘antes [de] Jesús Cristo’).

A different phrasing: (from this article)

Gobernó entre 27 a. C. y 14 d. C.

Oh so there is the use of "entry" and "y"! I think I like this one and it looks like Spanish is the same as in the US as Jeremias was indicating. Cool! - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 2

How is 206 BC - 220 AD written in Spanish?

I think it goes like this:

De 206 a.C a 220 d.C.

I always forget the beginning de! Did you see my link in the comment? I think with BC the number goes first: de 1 a. C. and the AD goes after the number: a d. C. 220 - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

"Traditionally, English has copied Latin usage by placing the abbreviation before the year number for AD.[6] Since BC is not derived from Latin it is placed after the year number (for example: AD 2012, but 68 BC). " - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

BC or BCE= a.C o a. de C. o a.J.C o a. de J.C. (antes de Cristo o antes de Jesucristo) CE or AD= d.C o d. de C. o d.J.C. o d. de J.C. (después de Cristo o después de Jesucristo) - Jeremias, Feb 5, 2012

In the US, it is customary to place the year first - 100 BC, 2010 AD - Jeremias, Feb 5, 2012

I see. Would the Spanish be the same? And I see that both you and Q are showing other abbreviations. Muchas gracias. - bandit51jd, Feb 5, 2012

Answer 3

@ Q

So would the following work as well?

De 206 a. de C. a a. de J. C.

I'm concerned about the opening "de" and the dash "a".