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école d’ingénieur

English translation: French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering

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French term or phrase:école d’ingénieur
English translation:French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering
Entered by: Drmanu49

08:09 Jul 4, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Education / Pedagogy
French term or phrase: école d’ingénieur
Hi all
I am not happy with the standard dictionary definition of this as 'engineering school' or 'engineer's school' as clearly the equivalence isn't the same.
Is it best to leave in French with same explanation in brackets? And if so how to convey the French sense of this type of grande école?
TIA
Lisa
Richardson Lisa
France
Local time: 17:00
French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering
Explanation:
is what they use where I have worked for the competitive exam.

French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering, Sciences, Paris ...
www.ecp.fr/lang/en/home/A_french_Grande_Ecole‎Traduire cette page
The École Centrale Paris accepts around 330 each year that are amongst the 800 best science students in France,; All of the students, including those coming ...


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Note added at 22 heures (2013-07-05 06:56:39 GMT)
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Also College of Engineering as suggested below.
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Drmanu49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering
Drmanu49
4graduate engineering school
Jane F
4 -1High School
Philippe Lascourrèges


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
graduate engineering school


Explanation:
This is how one such school describes itself in English.

http://www.esiea.fr/Web.Esiea.Public.Cat.Ecole.958.cuke?


Jane F
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High School


Explanation:
Je crois qu'il faut reprendre la sémantique.
En Anglais Engineer vient de Engine (moteur)
En Allemand on parle de Ingenieur (Doktor)
En Espagnol on parle de Ingeniero
En latin on écrit ingeniarius (quoique ?)
En France on parle d'ingénieur, qui vient de ?? ingénieux ou !!
A l'étranger, les 'engineers' sont le plus souvent des mécaniciens de base, n'ayant jamais fait d'école

Philippe Lascourrèges
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  David Sirett: Du moins pour l'anglais, vos propos concernant l'étymologie du mot "engineer" et la formation des 'engineers' sont non fondés.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering


Explanation:
is what they use where I have worked for the competitive exam.

French Grande Ecole, School of Engineering, Sciences, Paris ...
www.ecp.fr/lang/en/home/A_french_Grande_Ecole‎Traduire cette page
The École Centrale Paris accepts around 330 each year that are amongst the 800 best science students in France,; All of the students, including those coming ...


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Note added at 22 heures (2013-07-05 06:56:39 GMT)
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Also College of Engineering as suggested below.

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 17:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bertrand Leduc
17 mins
  -> Thank you Bertrand.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
40 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Max de Montaigne: "College of Engineering sonne mieux que "School" => http://coe.berkeley.edu/
16 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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