Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
portant reforme du
English translation:
in amendment of
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Apr 2, 2006 21:56
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portant reforme du
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Education / Pedagogy
Bachelors Level Teaching Degree Diploma
Context: " Vu le decret No. XXX-XX du 3 aout **portant reforme du** Baccalaureat de l'Enseignement..." So far, I'm going with "Decree No. XXX-XX, dated August 3, concerned with educational reform in relation to the Bachelors Degree...Do you agree or do you have a better way (perhaps more parsimonious) of expressing this? Many thanks for your input.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | in amendment of |
Sandra Petch
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| 4 +1 | reforming and amending |
Hacene
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| 4 +1 | reforming |
Julie Barber
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Proposed translations
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in amendment of
Perhaps "high school diploma" or "secondary education diploma" as a catch-all translation of Bac.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Bonjour Sandra,
Je crois que c'etait la question la plus difficile de la traduction. Tres differente de ma traduction preliminaire!
Merci beauccoup,
femme"
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reforming and amending
Considering the Eductional Act, reforming the A-level ...
But it is only a guess as to the "considering" as the previous context is missing; yet "Baccalaureat de l'enseignement supérieur" is A-level in the UK, and not a BAchelors degree.
Portant reforme au = reforming and amending
But it is only a guess as to the "considering" as the previous context is missing; yet "Baccalaureat de l'enseignement supérieur" is A-level in the UK, and not a BAchelors degree.
Portant reforme au = reforming and amending
Peer comment(s):
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La Classe
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Thank you
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PFB (X)
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Merci Philippe
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Chanda Danley
: this may be the French direct translation, I've never heard it like this in English as reagards lawmaking
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hmmm, so I might not have read enough law documents regarding eductional reform. ;-)
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reforming
simply....
Peer comment(s):
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Vanessa Roche (X)
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