apogée

English translation: apogée

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French term or phrase:apogée
English translation:apogée
Entered by: claude-andrew

12:30 May 18, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Transcript of results
French term or phrase: apogée
This word appears as the title of a transcript of marks and results (Relevé de notes et résultats) referring to a student's university qualification in biology. The standard definitions do not appear to be adequate here.
Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Local time: 17:00
apogée
Explanation:
It's "Application pour l'organisation et la gestion des enseignements et des étudiants" - see wikipedia ref. Therefore leave it as it is.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2015-05-19 07:15:16 GMT)
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After all the "agree"s I thought I ought to pot it as an answer!

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Note added at 20 hrs (2015-05-19 08:48:07 GMT)
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Personally, seeing that apogée is an actual word as well, I would add the "expanded" version of the acronym in the translation.

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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2015-05-21 09:06:57 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogée_(logiciel)

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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2015-05-21 09:07:21 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogée_(logiciel)
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claude-andrew
France
Local time: 16:00
Grading comment
Yes, this makes sense. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1apogée
claude-andrew
5the highest mark
tharcisse Seminega
Summary of reference entries provided
acronym
claude-andrew

  

Answers


1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the highest mark


Explanation:
The French term apogée means the highest mark ever obtained in the exam under consideration.

Example sentence(s):
  • Il atteint l'apogée de son succès quand il est vendu sous la forme de console en 1975

    Reference: http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/apogee...
tharcisse Seminega
Canada
Local time: 10:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
apogée


Explanation:
It's "Application pour l'organisation et la gestion des enseignements et des étudiants" - see wikipedia ref. Therefore leave it as it is.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2015-05-19 07:15:16 GMT)
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After all the "agree"s I thought I ought to pot it as an answer!

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Note added at 20 hrs (2015-05-19 08:48:07 GMT)
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Personally, seeing that apogée is an actual word as well, I would add the "expanded" version of the acronym in the translation.

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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2015-05-21 09:06:57 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogée_(logiciel)

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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2015-05-21 09:07:21 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogée_(logiciel)

claude-andrew
France
Local time: 16:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Yes, this makes sense. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Britten: This is clearly what it is; depending on the broader translation context, it might be useful for Asker to give some explanation in English. If you post your wikipedia ref. with this answer, it'll be visible at the top of the page in a term search.
2 days 1 hr
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Reference comments


18 mins peer agreement (net): +8
Reference: acronym

Reference information:
It's "Application pour l'organisation et la gestion des enseignements et des étudiants" - see wikipedia ref. Therefore leave it as it is.

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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2015-05-21 09:05:48 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apogée_(logiciel)


    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apog%C3%A9e_%28logiciel%29
claude-andrew
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  B D Finch
45 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Yolanda Broad
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  sktrans
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
2 hrs
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
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neutral  Jean-Claude Gouin: OTAN, NATO, SIDA, OVNI, BENELUX, etc. sont des acronymes mais 'apogée'?
3 hrs
  -> Ben, si !
agree  erwan-l: Bien entendu ;-) !
17 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  rkillings: Sans doute le perigée des acronymes …
3 days 18 hrs
agree  Rosa Paredes
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