el accesit

English translation: [first] accessit

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Spanish term or phrase:	el accesit
English translation:	[first] accessit
Entered by:	Manuel Aburto

20:54 Mar 31, 2020

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Certificates

Spanish term or phrase: el accesit

Hola,

El texto a continuación es parte de un certificado:

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos

ABC

Certifica

Que XYZ con D.N.I. no. 89.652.519E ha sido galardonado con ***el accesit del premio*** de protección de datos de Investigación 2016 en la modalidad B: Trabajos originales e inéditos sobre el derecho de protección de datos...

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[first] accessit

Explanation:
proxime accessit - in British English (ˈprɒksɪmɪ ækˈsɛsɪt )
NOUN - the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin: Latin: he came next
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/proxime...

accessit noun - ac·ces·sit | \ akˈsesə̇t \ - plural -s
a distinction awarded in British and other European schools to one who has come nearest to a prize : an honorable mention.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accessit

Since this is part of a certificate, I would keep the latin term: a first accessit.

At Trinity College, Cambridge (...) as a candidate for the medal he was considered as deserving what the French colleges and academies call the First Accessit.
https://books.google.ca/books/about/Catalogue_of_the_Library...

…the prize for the best cell biology oral communication: Flora Crozet (…) The first accessit of the prize for best cell biology oral communication…
https://sbcf.fr/en/news/prix-de-communication-orale-et-de-po...

Ecole Niedermeyer Prizewinners
Piano (…)
Victor Bellemant Second prize
Aloys Durrwaechter – First accessit
Jules Stoltz – Second accessit
Louis Lecloître – Honorable mention
https://books.google.ca/books?id=9rZzGPqNcXcC&pg=PA233&dq="f...

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Germaine
Canada
Local time: 19:43

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

secondary award

Toni Castano

[first] accessit

Germaine

second prize

Christopher Peterson

The honorable mention

Francois Boye

Summary of reference entries provided

Refs. only & comments

Taña Dalglish

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

11 mins confidence:

second prize

Explanation:
The contestant who finishes immediately below the person who won either won second prize or got second place

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prize

Christopher Peterson
United States
Local time: 18:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

The honorable mention

Explanation:
The honorable mention comes after the SECOND prize

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Honorable mention

a citation conferred on a contestant, exhibit, etc., having exceptional merit though not winning a top honor or prize.

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Definition of accessit

A distinction awarded in British and other European schools to one who has come nearest to a prize: an honorable mention

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https://www.bing.com/search?q=honorary mention&form=PRNWSR&m...

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 24

14 hrs confidence:

secondary award

Explanation:
I have to disagree with “honorable mention”, which translates into Spanish as “mención (honorífica)”, not quite the same as “accésit” (a secondary award). But “second prize” is not right either. Some contests and competitions offer in Spain, the case here as per Manuel´s Spanish source, a first prize, sometimes even a second and third prize, and then “secondary awards” (= accésits) and at times the so-called “menciones honoríficas” (honorable mentions). So the question posed here is in fact a bit more tricky than it looks like at first sight.

And a final remark about the correct spelling of “accésit”, which should have an accent on the “e”.

https://dle.rae.es/accésit
accésit
1. m. En certámenes científicos, literarios o artísticos, recompensa inferior inmediata al premio.

https://dle.rae.es/mención?m=form
mención
mención honorífica
1. f. Distinción o recompensa de menos importancia que el premio y el accésit.

http://precarios.org/forumthread93991-PREMIOS-NACIONALES-FIN...
Bueno, ya como anécdota, según la RAE la mención va por detrás del accésit:
"Mención: Distinción o recompensa de menos importancia que el premio y el accésit"
"Accésit: En certámenes científicos, literarios o artísticos, recompensa inferior inmediata al premio"

http://portal.uned.es/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/UNED_MAIN/LAUNIVE...
FALLO DEL JURADO DE LA DECIMOSEXTA EDICIÓN (Curso Académico 2016-2017) DEL PREMIO DE ARTÍCULOS JURÍDICOS “GARCÍA GOYENA

PRIMER PREMIO:
LA REFORMA DE LOS REGLAMENTOS DE ARBITRAJE Y SU IMPACTO SOBRE EL CONVENIO ARBITRAL.
D. XXXXX
SEGUNDO PREMIO:
¿CIUDADANOS, SOPLONES Y PRINCIPES CLEMENTES EN UNA SOCIEDAD DEMOCRÁTICA?
D. YYYYY
PRIMER ACCÉSIT:
LA NECESARIA REFORMA DE LA MAL LLAMADA “JURA DE CUENTAS”
D. NNNNN
SEGUNDO ACCÉSIT:
DESIERTO
TERCER ACCÉSIT:
DESIERTO

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François:

The problem is that if you translate "accésit" as "honorable mention", you simply ignore the fact that there is something between “premio” and “mención honorífica” in Spanish, which is the “accésit” and this “something” deserves a proper translation into English. To avoid the possible confusion between “accésit” and “mención honorífica” it is, in my view, recommendable to avoid “honorable mention” (your take on it) as a rendering for “accésit”.

But there is another point worth mentioning here. Although there is no fixed rule in this respect in Spain (I believe), the “menciones honoríficas” do not normally entail a money prize, whereas “accésits” do.

This is just an example of what I am saying:
https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2019-3378
Orden ICT/267/2019, de 28 de febrero, por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de los Premios en el Concurso de Ideas Tecnológicas para el Comercio Minorista.
(…)
3. Las menciones son de carácter honorífico y no conllevan dotación económica, recibiendo un diploma acreditativo de su condición.

The name itself says it all: Mención honorífica, so the honour and public recognition are key to the laureate, not the (non-existing) money.

So in case of a “mención honorífica” you get “just” a diploma and a couple of nice words for your merits and good performance and that´s it (I am not despising it, please do not get me wrong!). As for the Anglo-Saxon system, the situation may differ, true, but I believe “honorable mentions” are official recognitions of merit (= honour, therefore the name) and I very much doubt they usually entail a money prize. Recognition of the judges does not equal to money. And our “accésits” do entail not only merit and recognition, but also a money prize.

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Here the statute of the prize related to the certificate Manuel is translating:
https://www.aepd.es/sites/default/files/2019-09/premio-inves...
PREMIO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS PERSONALES EMILIO ACED
Resolución de la Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, por la que se convoca el Premio de Investigación en Protección de Datos Personales Emilio Aced
(…)
BASE QUINTA. DOTACIÓN DEL PREMIO.
El premio de Investigación en Protección de Datos Personales Emilio Aced consistirá en una dotación económica de tres mil (3.000,00 €) euros y la difusión del trabajo premiado.
El Jurado podrá proponer la concesión de un accésit dotado con mil quinientos (1.500,00 €) euros.
En caso de que el Jurado proponga declarar desierto el premio, este podrá proponer otorgar un accésit adicional dotado con mil quinientos (1.500,00 €) euros.
Los premiados contarán con mención honorífica, mediante diploma concedido al efecto.
La presente convocatoria se financiará con cargo a la aplicación presupuestaria 13.301.135M.48, de una cuantía estimada máxima de cuatro mil quinientos (4.500,00 €) euros, quedando condicionada su concesión a la existencia de crédito presupuestario adecuado y suficiente en el momento en que se dicte la resolución de concesión.

As you can see, the “mención honorífica” is “just” a diploma, nothing more, nothing less.

Toni Castano
Spain
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Francois Boye: Is the information backing up my translation incorrect? Do you know any info in ENGLISH contradicting it?//you have to criticize me in English. Is it true that there is an English speaking country that delivers a secondary award?

9 hrs

-> Francois: "honorable mention" = "mención honorífica", "accesit" is not the same as "honorable mention", so yes, your answer is incorrect. Please read again my reference: ""Mención: Distinción o recompensa de menos importancia que el premio y el accésit".

neutral

Germaine: I agree with your comments, but would use "first accessit" which is the right term in this context.

3 days 6 hrs

-> Thanks for your input, Germaine. The word "accessit" sounds very weird to me in English, weirder than it is in Spanish. You might be right, though.

8 days confidence:

[first] accessit

Germaine
Canada
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Reference comments

17 hrs

Reference: Refs. only & comments

Reference information:
1. Comment: Are you going to say that a trusted dictionary such as Collins is inaccurate?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english...
accésit
MASCULINE NOUN
Word forms: plural accésits
second prize
Copyright © by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

2) Another: Reverso gives "runner up" as another solution.
https://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/accésit

3) https://dle.rae.es/accésit
accésit
1. m. En certámenes científicos, literarios o artísticos, recompensa inferior inmediata al premio.
While Toni's solution is a good one, I am still not 100% convinced!

4) https://www.lexico.com/es-en/traducir/accesit (Lexico gives "second prize" or yet another choice is "consolation prize").

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 218

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