# Is there a way to translate numbers e.g. "1.3K" in the "Views" column?

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**Created:** [2015 年 6 月 23 日午後 1:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-translate-numbers-e-g-1-3k-in-the-views-column/30374 "2015-06-23T13:42:55Z")
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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [2015 年 6 月 23 日午後 1:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-translate-numbers-e-g-1-3k-in-the-views-column/30374/2 "2015-06-23T13:58:50Z")

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To be fair, the “k” (technically must be lower case, the upper case here on Discourse is a bug) is the international metric prefix for “thousand”.

> **[Metric prefix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix)**
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> A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decimal. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol. The prefix kilo, for example, may be added to gram to indicate multiplication by one thousand: one kilogram is equal to one thousand grams. The prefix milli, likewise, may be added to metre to indicate division by one thousand, so one millimetre is equal to one ...

I would have assumed that the only people to complain would be people from the United States. 😉

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