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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Kantoor

English translation:

Business admininstration

Added to glossary by Mercuri@
Mar 18, 2007 08:52
17 yrs ago
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Dutch term

Kantoor

Non-PRO Dutch to English Other Education / Pedagogy
How would you translate the field of study called Kantoor in the Belgian vocational schools.

Office (Management)?

Doesn't that sound extremely weird: I study Office?

Office Management appears to be something of higher education, so I'm a bit confused.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 Office administration / business admininstration
Change log

Mar 18, 2007 09:36: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): CJG (X)

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Discussion

Jack den Haan Mar 22, 2007:
Please correct the spelling in the glossary entry.
writeaway Mar 19, 2007:
management is too high-you're making this more complicated than it has to be imho. It's training for general office skills. Keep the Dutch and just add the English in ( ). That's what is done most of the time-you can only give an equivalent in En.
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
Thank you all for your contributions so far...

However, I'm still looking for an answer that will clearly set Kantoor apart from the optional and additional year of Office administration.

People from Kantoor don't necessarily become secretaries. They could, but there is another study called Secretariaat-Talen, which I think was specifically designed for the job of secretaries.

Or do clerics and secretaries really have to know about Law, Accountancy and Economics next to administrative skills?

I was also thinking of Office Management...?
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
secretarial and office work then.
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
That's the point: it's an additional/optional year.
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
just because they haven't (yet) completed the full course doesn't mean that the course has a different name, does it?
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
OFFICE vs. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION People, can we please make a difference between the office and office administration. Apparently, it also possible to subsequently (after having studied Office) study Office Administration (see website supra).

So, it is a bit misleading to state in your curriculum that you've studied Office Administration (which requires an extra year) when you've "only" studied Office.
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
Thanks-that does explain it!
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
http://www.vhsi.be/handel/kantoor3degraad/index.html
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
what sort of school? is it a course preparing for higher education or for going straight into a job? ie is it 'handelswetenschappen' (sciences économiques) or is it secretarial training? Fwiw, seems more colloquial speak than official
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
Languages They also get a fix number of Dutch, French and English...(business communication)
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
what is that supposed to infer?
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
Subject Area Well, they study Economics, Accountancy, (basic) Law,...And additionally they also get some typing courses. Hope that helps.
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
Especially not for people who cannot count Education to their specialties. And... it's not something you can find in your average dictionary. So, I'd rather have someone with some experience answer my question, writeaway.

writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
it is easy actually -just needed a bit of context. ;-)
Mercuri@ (asker) Mar 18, 2007:
context Ik studeer Kantoor aan het Koninklijk Technisch Atheneum.

The context is: vocational schools in Belgium. They have different study fields. One of them being Kantoor.

I know,...it's not an easy one :-)
writeaway Mar 18, 2007:
please provide some context-a full sentence in Dutch would be helpful

Proposed translations

+4
33 mins
Selected

Office administration / business admininstration

Difficult without knowing what the subject area covers. This might work?
Note from asker:
Insaf: Subject Area - Well, they study Economics, Accountancy, (basic) Law,...And additionally they also get some typing courses. Hope that helps.
Thanks, I'll settle for business administration.
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway : office administration. the URL Asker has shown confirms that it's office administration./secretarial and office work since it is preparation for taking an office job. business administration is the wrong solution here.
16 mins
Based on the description of the subject, I think business admin. seems to be appropriate. It sounds a little more "formal" than office admin?
agree Davorka Grgic
48 mins
agree vic voskuil : office admin
53 mins
agree Buck : clerical studies?
1 hr
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