四种说法都没有错误。在一片文章中，只要统一，就没问题。
不过，我这个编辑会用“percent”。
第一，我为什么不用“per cent”呢？因为不管是“per cent”还“percent”，说起来， 我觉得它比较像一个词，所以不要写成两个词。
第二，我之所以不用“pc”或“pct”，就是因为这两个不够普遍，读者不一定知道。
第三，因为“％”不是普通字母，所以我觉得在句子中看起来有点别扭。
你们觉得呢？
“百分之”该翻成percent、per cent、pc还是％?
四种说法都没有错误。在一片文章中，只要统一，就没问题。
不过，我这个编辑会用“percent”。
第一，我为什么不用“per cent”呢？因为不管是“per cent”还“percent”，说起来， 我觉得它比较像一个词，所以不要写成两个词。
第二，我之所以不用“pc”或“pct”，就是因为这两个不够普遍，读者不一定知道。
第三，因为“％”不是普通字母，所以我觉得在句子中看起来有点别扭。
你们觉得呢？
#1 by coolxin on 2009/12/13 - 8:10 pm
percent
#2 by brilon on 2009/12/13 - 8:42 pm
U.K. media often uses per cent. U.S. media often uses percent.
#3 by Teemo on 2009/12/13 - 9:12 pm
既然都没错的话 那就视情况使用咯。
i think % is more used in scientific arcticles.
#4 by JRH on 2009/12/13 - 10:19 pm
That’s been my experience. In the United States, usage patterns are mixed for newspapers, though “percent” is slightly more common than “%” (the New York Times, for example, uses “percent.” Academic work in the humanities and social sciences generally conforms to the same pattern. The closer you creep toward science the more likely you are to find “%.” I don’t remember ever seeing “pc” or “pct.”
#5 by Yixi Jiang on 2009/12/13 - 10:50 pm
我个人认为，在列举大量数据的科技类文章中，用%更合适一些。
#6 by ben on 2009/12/14 - 2:38 pm
“per cent” in French means “every hundred”, so it’s understandable that you see “per cent” often used in the UK as it’s so close to France. I personally have never seen pc, pct in writing.
#7 by Tu Jinhua on 2009/12/15 - 2:24 pm
As for me, I’m inclined to using percent as well, but ini some very technical articles, I guess % is more convenient to write fast.
#8 by Tu Jinhua on 2009/12/15 - 2:26 pm
I’ve never heard or seen “pc” or “pct” stands for percent. these 2 abbreviations r kinda weird, coz we all knw personal computer is “pc”
#9 by Kyle Zhang on 2009/12/18 - 4:18 pm
I believe % is widely used in scientific writing.
#10 by Angry Editor on 2009/12/19 - 10:33 pm
I agree about using % in scientific writing. Thanks for the suggestion!
Reuters uses “pct” in its headlines, for example. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BH15I20091218
#11 by spacey on 2009/12/31 - 9:48 am
I’ve read quite a lot of scientific papers and using “percent” is also prevalent among Western scholars.