Feb 26, 2004 23:16
20 yrs ago
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Chinese term

专科

Chinese to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
Sentence may be quite familiar for you in Mainland China. 获得专科或本科毕业证书者
OK , 本科 is supposed to be a BA according to previous kudos, what about 专科 ?
Just not familiar enough with the education system.

Discussion

jyuan_us Feb 27, 2004:
a very good question. No "standard" translation exists.
Chris Hopley Feb 27, 2004:
Please ask a proper question, vangastel. Moving this to Chinese > English...
Steven Mertens Feb 26, 2004:
moet dit echt naar het Nederlands ?
Nicolette Ri (X) Feb 26, 2004:
sorry, onleesbaar!

Proposed translations

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Chinese term (edited): ר��
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I'm not sure either, but here are some definitions...

本科 = regular college course, undergraduate course

专科 = specialised field of study; specialised subject; specialty
专科学校 = college for professional training;training school = 高等学校的一种,实施专业教育,修业年限较短(二至三年)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Talking to my Mainland Chinese friends here, they do say that 本科 is an M.A., and 专科a college degree/associate especially technical college. At the moment I asked, I hadn't even figured out that 本科 was a degree, just thought it was "this study". Thanks in any case for your comments and dictionary entries. "
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Chinese term (edited): ר��

suggestion

I am not a native Chinese so I don't really know much about this. My students had once tried to explain 本科 and 专科 to me but I just didn't get it.

Check out 中国学历的标准翻译 on this website:http://newbbs.chuguo.org.cn/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=2&topic=...
专科学校 Postsecondary Specialised College

In Singapore, this should be a Polytechnic where you get a diploma. The level is slightly lower than a degree from a University.

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associate diploma 专科证书
www.cer.net/article/20030408/3081850.shtml

Public Relations (Diploma) 公共关系(专科)
Travel and Tourism (Diploma) 旅游(专科)
edu.sina.com.cn/a/2003-09-29/54159.html
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equivalent to associate degree, community college degree

higher than vocatinoal school diploma, lower than BA, BS

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it is considered as an academic degree other than vocational diploma.

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2 years college (training/education)

I think it should be so.
Peer comment(s):

disagree jyuan_us : Some 专科 used to be 3 years. Also from your translation, it is not clear if the students get a certificate of graduation or not.
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