31.351 mil

18:16 Jul 22, 2014 

The format is common in Br Pt. Note that by adding the word 'mil', instead of '000' the writer makes it harder to surreptitiously add or mess with the number of zeros.

00:02 Jul 22, 2014 

that the documents refer to the profits of a construction company, not that the 1.138.651 mil correspond to its net profits. If, for example, the 31.351 mil are the net profits, for a large construction company it is obvious that the profits require three more zeros. Furthermore, I repeat, the dot does not represent a decimal point in Portuguese.

23:31 Jul 21, 2014 

Deve ser alguma que construiu os estádios de futebol. Na minha opinião o "mil" está a mais.

19:20 Jul 21, 2014 

I think you should send a note to the agency/client and ask them to clarify this, just to be on the safe side. The difference between R$ 1.138 million in profits and R$ 1.138 BILLION in profits is enormous, and would be a gross translation error if you get it wrong. Better check those figures.

17:50 Jul 21, 2014 

The "mil" unit is very common in finance, above all in tables, to reduce the numbers. The numbers are separated by dots ".", which, in Portuguese, do not stand for decimal points, yet to mere separators. The "mil" should be replaced by three zeros, as suggested by Eduardo. When you see a number with a comma (e.g. 1,357) in Portuguese, then you can eliminate the mil.

17:39 Jul 21, 2014 

The context is regarding the profits of a construction company, so the suggestion made by Eduardo to render them as 31,351,000, etc., though confusing, seems to make sense in the context. I just thought it was very bizarre for them to write mil after the number like that instead of just writing out the entire number.

17:36 Jul 21, 2014 

I agree that it's probably an error. I'd report this to the client, explaining that you omitted the word "mil", just to be on the safe side.

17:27 Jul 21, 2014 

Have you got the context, please?

17:26 Jul 21, 2014 

It's redundant. The numbers speak for themselves. Unless source writer wants to specify amount and that should be done in parentheses and for complete amount.