Profesional Asociado en Optometria

English translation: Associate Degree in Optometry

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Spanish term or phrase:Profesional Asociado en Optometria
English translation:Associate Degree in Optometry
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

22:17 Oct 14, 2014
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Education / Pedagogy / Grade Transcript
Spanish term or phrase: Profesional Asociado en Optometria
Name of the degree from an Autonomous University of Guadalajara (Mexico) transcript.
This appears at the top of the transcript, before the list of subjects and grades.
The sentence is:
El Director de la Universidad.... hace constar que la alumna: XXXXX XXXX curso y acredito en el plan de estudios de Profesional Asociado en Optometria las siguientes materias.
For a US audience so do they say there "Professional Associate's Degree...." or leave the "Professional" out?
Thanks!!
Sinead Nicholas
United States
Associate's Degree in Optometry
Explanation:
Yes, and leave out Professional.

HTH.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-10-15 04:29:24 GMT)
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Better: Associate Degree in Optometry

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Note added at 6 days (2014-10-21 21:18:17 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 08:44
Grading comment
Thank you all! I went with Associate Degree in Optometry. Left out the "Professional".
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Associate's Degree in Optometry


Explanation:
Yes, and leave out Professional.

HTH.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-10-15 04:29:24 GMT)
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Better: Associate Degree in Optometry

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Note added at 6 days (2014-10-21 21:18:17 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 245
Grading comment
Thank you all! I went with Associate Degree in Optometry. Left out the "Professional".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TravellingTrans: Profesional Asociado = Associate's Degree
36 mins
  -> Thank you so much.

agree  Charles Davis: Usually "Associate Degree", I think.
4 hrs
  -> That is exactly what I was toying with! Thanks.
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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: Associate Degree
Spanish translation: Profesional asociado

Historia - Universidad Westhill
www.uw.edu.mx/NosHistoria.html
... pudo ofrecer el programa de Associate Degree (Profesional Asociado) para el año ... de diversas universidades tanto de México como de los Estados Unidos.

https://www.google.com.jm/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=...


What is an Associate's Degree? | Top Universities
www.topuniversities.com/blog/what-associates-degree
Nov 13, 2013 - If you're looking to apply to university in the US or parts of Canada, you may come across the term 'associate's degree'. And if you've only ever ...

associate's degree - The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/associate's degree
as·so·ci·ate's degree ( -s sh - ts , - ts -s -). n. An academic degree conferred by a two-year college after the prescribed course of study has been successfully ...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 245

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Charles Davis: This time you really have got the answer here already, and should post it as such; optometría is in the dictionary :)
24 mins
  -> Thanks Charles.
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