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compensation

English translation: adjustment

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French term or phrase:compensation
English translation:adjustment
Entered by: Chris Hall

23:40 Oct 25, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Education / Pedagogy / Business school prospectus
French term or phrase: compensation
Good evening,

Here is a term referring to marks, as you call it over there, in context:

"Les Modalités de compensation."
"Les règles de la compensation s’appliquent."
"A l’intérieur de l’unité d’enseignement il y a compensation totale entre les éléments constitutifs (affectés éventuellement de leurs coefficients) sans note éliminatoire."

I am not sure what they are referring to .
[is it adjustment or compensation?]
Thanks in advance.
[UK term]
Richard
Richard Levy (X)
United States
Local time: 19:48
adjustment
Explanation:
I wouldn't think compensation if referring to marks given by an academic institution.

"Terms of Adjustment"
"The rules of adjustment are applied"
"Within the teaching unit, there is complete adjustment between the constitutive elements (possibly affected by their ratios) without any failing mark"

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-10-26 00:05:36 GMT)
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"ratios" should be amended to "factors" - "possibly affected by their factors)

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Note added at 34 mins (2009-10-26 00:14:47 GMT)
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KEY TERM: "Adjustment of marks"

Source: http://www.german.leeds.ac.uk/SMLC Code of Practice on Asses...

Any *adjustment of marks* considered to be necessary are agreed by the Board in consultation with the External Examiners, who see a run of marks across the modules and are thus able to compare student performance.


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Chris Hall
Local time: 03:48
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Hi Chris, thanks for your help!@
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2adjustment
Chris Hall
4compensation
Emma Paulay
4reconciliation
telefpro
3coordination/exchange/adjustments
Sara Rodriguez


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
adjustment


Explanation:
I wouldn't think compensation if referring to marks given by an academic institution.

"Terms of Adjustment"
"The rules of adjustment are applied"
"Within the teaching unit, there is complete adjustment between the constitutive elements (possibly affected by their ratios) without any failing mark"

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-10-26 00:05:36 GMT)
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"ratios" should be amended to "factors" - "possibly affected by their factors)

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Note added at 34 mins (2009-10-26 00:14:47 GMT)
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KEY TERM: "Adjustment of marks"

Source: http://www.german.leeds.ac.uk/SMLC Code of Practice on Asses...

Any *adjustment of marks* considered to be necessary are agreed by the Board in consultation with the External Examiners, who see a run of marks across the modules and are thus able to compare student performance.




Chris Hall
Local time: 03:48
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PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Hi Chris, thanks for your help!@
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much Chris.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mimi 254
7 hrs
  -> Many thanks mimi 254 - much appreciated. Kind regards, Chris.
agree  S halder
7 hrs
  -> Many thanks S. Halder - much appreciated. Kind regards, Chris.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
coordination/exchange/adjustments


Explanation:
I found this website: http://www.etu.paris-sorbonne.fr/spip.php?article195

where this term's explanation is stated as:

Compensation La compensation fonctionne à 2 niveaux, sans note éliminatoire :
- à l’intérieur de l’Unité d’Enseignement (UE), entre les éléments constitutifs (EC)
- entre toutes les UE d’un semestre
Il n’existe pas de compensation entre les éléments constitutifs appartenant à des UE distinctes.

Perhaps this will help you?

Sara Rodriguez
United States
Local time: 21:48
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks very much once again.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Hall: Exchange doesn't seem a suitable answer IMO. However, adjustments (very similar to what I said) and coordination are two possibilities though.
6 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
compensation


Explanation:
Here, all marks for the module are averaged so a mark that would normally be a fail can be compensated by an above average pass mark.

See p.5 of second ref for ample explanation.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-10-26 07:44:37 GMT)
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Oops - the first link doesn't seem to work. Google "compensation, comment ça marche".

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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-10-26 09:48:54 GMT)
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You could use the same term as in the ref and call it an "averaging scheme" or "system" - although they do use the term "compensation" too.


    www.univ-tlse2.fr/.../com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?... -
    Reference: http://phys.strath.ac.uk/undergrad/handbook/fosams.pdf
Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 04:48
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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Asker: Hi Emma, thank very much.

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reconciliation


Explanation:
Sometimes UNiverties use this term.

telefpro
Local time: 08:18
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thank you telefpro.

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