Doctor de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales
English translation: Doctor of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
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| 3 -1 | Dr. Joe Schmoe, Department of Agriculture and Forestry |
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peer agreement (net): -1Dr. Joe Schmoe, Department of Agriculture and Forestry Explanation: My take on it |
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peer agreement (net): +3Doctor of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Explanation: First of all, this is a degree, not a post. It doesn't mean that the person has a doctorate and works in that faculty. It means that he/she obtained a (research) doctorate in that faculty. "Thesis information Advisor: Sarandón, Santiago Javier Co-advisor: Albaladejo, Christophe Exposure date: 11 de julio de 2018 Degree: Doctor de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales Grantor: Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/69856 People often think that their job when translating degree titles is to use the most similar equivalent they can find in the English-speaking world. I think this is a fallacy. Our job is to translate the title, not to provide what we think is the equivalent. So my general approach is to be as literal as possible while remaining idiomatic. The only major change I would make here is to omit "Facultad de", because I think it adds nothing of significance and it sounds unnatural to include it. It's true that this degree is actually granted (apparently) by the faculty itself, but I don't think that matters. 1. I would not call it a PhD. PhD is the name of a degree in English-speaking countries. Argentine universities do not grant PhDs; they grant degrees arguably equivalent to PhDs. The generic term "doctor" (or "doctorate" for the degree itself) should be used, in my opinion. 2. However, if we don't use PhD, as I don't think we should, we run the risk of people thinking that this is not a research doctorate. There are degrees in the UK, and I think other countries, called "Doctor of Agriculture" and similar titles. They tend, however, to be professional doctorates. If you translate this as "Doctor of Agriculture and Forestry", you may well convey the impression that it is a professional doctorate. However, it is actually a research doctorate. This is one good reason, in my opinion, for calling it "Doctor of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences", which sounds like a research degree. It's perfectly idiomatic. It doesn't matter at all that there is no such degree in the UK, US, etc. This is not a UK or US (etc.) degree, it is an Argentine degree. |
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