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Bachillerato

English translation: High School Diploma

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Spanish term or phrase:Bachillerato
English translation:High School Diploma
Entered by: Henry Hinds

21:09 May 30, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / education
Spanish term or phrase: Bachillerato
El título secundario obtenido es Bachiller en Comunicación Social
fertxo
High School Diploma
Explanation:
In USA that's what it is.

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Note added at 2002-05-30 21:22:49 (GMT)
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...and only that, and nothing more!
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Henry Hinds
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9High School Diploma
Henry Hinds
5 +31) high school diploma, 2) high school
Jackie_A (X)
4 +1Bachelor Degree
luskie
4 +1In South America bachillerato is High School.
ana67_
4 +1High School/Secondary School Degree in Social Communication
Julia Martínez
4High school diploma
Alfredo Gonzalez
4Technical Degree in...
Magno
4although in this case I do think...
Rossana Triaca
4"school-leaving examination, baccalaureate"
Сергей Лузан
4Social Communication High School Degree / Diploma ...Depende de tu país...
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
4non-compulsory high education
Marta Ruiz


  

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Bachelor Degree


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-05-30 21:44:32 (GMT)
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colleagues are quite right: I was mislead by \'Comunicaciòn Social\', which actually sounds higher than high school :) - sorry

luskie
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agree  Сергей Лузан: (Univ: Hist) bachelor's degree, Collins Spanish Dictionary
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High School Diploma


Explanation:
In USA that's what it is.

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Note added at 2002-05-30 21:22:49 (GMT)
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...and only that, and nothing more!


    Exp.
Henry Hinds
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agree  Alfredo Gonzalez
0 min
  -> Gracias, Alfredo.
agree  Bill Greendyk
1 min
  -> Thanks, Bill.
agree  Rick Henry: yes
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Tocayo.
neutral  markaqui: except we don't offer a High School diploma in social communication
4 mins
  -> If so then, we'll drop that down to grade school!
agree  x-Translator (X)
30 mins
  -> Gacias, Estel.
agree  Gail: THis is correct
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Gail!
agree  LoreAC (X)
11 hrs
  -> Gracias, Lore.
agree  Сергей Лузан: Correct for the US. See my answer below & comments above.
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  -> Gracias, Sergei, también en México, y claro... por eso muchas veces vale más la cabeza que los diccionarios.
agree  Paul Mably (X)
18 hrs
  -> Gracias, Paul.
agree  ritchi
1 day 1 hr
  -> Gracias, Ritchi.
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In South America bachillerato is High School.


Explanation:
But if you are talking about a Degree is Bachelor's Degree.

ana67_

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agree  Сергей Лузан: Bachelor's Degree, higher certificate I guess.
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High school diploma


Explanation:
en México equivale a una carrera técnica simultánea a la preparatoria, no importa si en EU no existe un equivalente.

saludos

Alfredo Gonzalez
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High School/Secondary School Degree in Social Communication


Explanation:
High school (mainly American)
Secondary school (mainly British)

Julia Martínez
Argentina
Local time: 17:26
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agree  Сергей Лузан: Bachelor's Degree, higher certificate I guess. 'A' level I presume from the context, not 'O'.
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Technical Degree in...


Explanation:
...

Magno
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neutral  Сергей Лузан: Why necessarily technical? Bachelor's Degree, higher certificate I guess. 'A' level I presume from the context, not 'O'.
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1) high school diploma, 2) high school


Explanation:
Just my two cents: Regardless of what specialization was taken in high school (math, chemistry, social studies, social communicaton, etc.), the word "bachillerato" has two very clear meanings.

Straight from the Spanish dictionary:

"bachillerato

1 m. Grado de bachiller.
2 Estudios necesarios para obtenerlo."

So you have 2 cases:

1) i.e. ...XX ha recibido su **bachillerato** = has received his/her certificate of having completed his/her secondary education. In the US we would say ...XX has received his/her **high school diploma**.

2) e.g. ...XX ha completado su **bachillerato** = ...XX has completed his/her **secondary education**. Again, in the US we would say ...XX has finished **high school**.

From one Spanish > English dictionary:

bachillerato
1 nombre masculino 0.
n bachillerato unificado polivalente Spanish **certificate of secondary education**.

This dictionary entry only addresses case 1) above.

I hope it helps.

Saludos...

Jackie_A (X)
United States
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Сергей Лузан: Quite an explanation. See mine ones above & answer below.
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  -> Sergey: In the US you spend several years in college to get a Bachelor's degree. In this question this person just finished high school. 2 different things
agree  Mar�a do Campo (X)
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  -> Thanks María
agree  Paul Mably (X)
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although in this case I do think...


Explanation:
it is a High School diploma (because you say "secundario"), in most answers I´ve seen people is not aware that "Bachiller" can also mean "Bachelor".

The Spanish word is derived from latin as much as the English one is: "baccalaureatus". What happens is that most educational systems used only one meaning of the word (i.e. a high school graduate), but it can also be the first degree you get in a university.

Nowadays private universities in Spanish speaking countries are trying to adapt their degrees names to match their English counterparts to facilitate degree recognition and foreign exchange, but it´s still a messy business.

Cheers,
Rossana
p.s. I discovered all this when I became a "Bachiller en Ingeniería Eléctrica" after three years of university studies... I though someone was pulling my leg, since I had been a "bachiller en ciencias" ever since I got out of highschool...
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bachiller, ra. (Del fr. bachelier, y este del lat. baccalaureatus).
1. m. y f. Persona que ha cursado o está cursando los estudios de enseñanza secundaria. MORF. U. t. la forma en m. para designar el f. Pilar es bachiller.

4. m. y f. p. us. Persona que ha recibido el primer grado académico que se otorgaba a los estudiantes de facultad.





Rossana Triaca
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neutral  Jackie_A (X): Muy interesante. First time I hear of college level "bachelores/bachilleres" in Latin America... tks for the info
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"school-leaving examination, baccalaureate"


Explanation:
Collins Spanish Dictionary

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Note added at 2002-05-31 12:54:18 (GMT)
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(Univ: Hist) bachelor\'s degree
The same source.
Good luck!

Сергей Лузан
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Social Communication High School Degree / Diploma ...Depende de tu país...


Explanation:

¿A quién va dirigido tu texto? Generalmente, como dicen varios colegas, si va dirigido a Latinamérica
indudablemente es High School Diploma / High School Degree. No se debería usar el Bachelor en este contexto. Pero tu pregunta parece indicar que en tu país o contexto - como existe en varios países - se trata de un bachillerato con orientación específica en Comunicación Social.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
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non-compulsory high education


Explanation:
If you are referring to high school in Spain, our system is a "non-compulsory" one since teenagers are allowed to leave school at the age of 15 years old.
I hope it helps

Marta Ruiz
Spain
Local time: 22:26
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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