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fondbolag
Sep 20, 2015 23:17
8 yrs ago
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Swedish term

studenten

Swedish to English Art/Literary Education / Pedagogy
Studenten tog jag först som 43-åring.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 upper secondary school leaving examination
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Non-PRO (2): Christopher Schröder, Anna Herbst

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Discussion

Charlesp (asker) Sep 22, 2015:
Thanks Deane Yes, you are exactly right. And thanks for the helpful input.
Charlesp (asker) Sep 22, 2015:
Thanks Agneta Yes, you are exactly right (your extrapolating). And thanks for the helpful input.
Deane Goltermann Sep 21, 2015:
@ Leaving certificate Here's a reference to get you going (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_school_leavi... ... In Sweden there is no 'examination', but rather you complete a required set of courses for upper secondary school (usually a specific course of studies, with designation). What you get is a piece of paper (and a digital record) that says you have passed the requirements. This I get on reference to my three in-house experts in this, all of whom have done so here in Sweden.

For them, I'd use the term 'graduated upper secondary school' since they did it as most kids do straight from compulsory school. But your 43 year old has received (achieved) the leaving certificate as an adult, I'd say.
Agneta Pallinder Sep 21, 2015:
ta studenten From the word order of the sentence Charles quotes it seems he is translating a fairly informal account of somebody's educational/life story (extrapolating wildly here), so a clonking great descriptive translation "upper secondary..." would be very out of style even if factually correct. To think of a snappier translation it would also be useful to know what time period we are talking about - once upon a time "studenten" was definitely university entrance - a possible translation might be "matric" unless that points too strongly to present day South Africa.
Charlesp (asker) Sep 21, 2015:
it refers to Sweden and I didn't know that Sweden has "upper secondary school leaving examinations"

Proposed translations

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upper secondary school leaving examination

Depending on the country in question, it can have different names, but this is what it means.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-09-21 08:08:08 GMT)
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I have seen it referred to as a "higher certificate" in Sweden, but this won't necessarily convey the meaning to the reader.
I would imagine every country in the world has "upper secondary school leaving examinations"
Peer comment(s):
agree sans22 (X)
7 hrs
agree Tania McConaghy : https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studenten previously called "studentexamen"
8 hrs
agree George Hopkins : Kärt barn har många namn.
9 hrs
agree Deane Goltermann : Generally agree, but think it should be '...leaving certificate', see my reference
10 hrs
agree Anna Herbst : I'm with Deane - Leaving certificate
14 days
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