Diploma terminology

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

> On an Appendix to Diploma (that's a grade transcript for you 
> non-clairvoyants) from Rostov State Medical University, I see the 
> following entries (Windows 1251 encoding):
> 
> Âñòóïèòåëüíûå èñïûòàíèÿ   âûäåðæàëà
> 
> Ïîñòóïèë(à) â             Ðîñòîâñêîì Ãîñóäàðñòâåííîì
>                            ìåäèöèíñêîì èíñèòóòå â 1991 ãîäó
> 
> Çàâåðøèëà îáó÷åíèå â      Ðîñòîâñêîì Ãîñóäàðñòâåííîì
>                            ìåäèöèíñêîì óíèâåðñèòåòå â 1997 ãîäó
> 
> The first I take to be "entrance tests" (not exams, right?),

Âñòóïèòåëüíûå èñïûòàíèÿ used to be a combination of written tests and oral
exams. So, unlesss this practice has changed, I'd use "entrance tests and
exams," or, rather just "entrance exams."

> "passed" (not "withstood" or "survived," right?),

For âûäåðæàëà, I'd use "succesfully passed."

> and the second is obviously "Enrolled in: Rostov State Medical
> Institute" (the former name of the institution).

I would try to avoid this combination as ambiguious.
Cf. Alabama State University, New York State University, etc., with the
latter clearly not pointing at the City of New York as its location.
There is no State called Rostov on Rusia which might be not known to
potential readers of this document. So I'd rather use "State
Medical Institute at Rostov," or put parentheses "(State)," or drop it
off entirely because all the universities in Russia were state
universities. 
The last suggestion is maybe too strong at this time when new independent
universities are formed there.


> 
> How about the third entry? Is this specifically "Graduated from"? The 
> dates on the Appendix and the attached Diploma are both June 27, 1997, 
> which seems to suggest that this is precisely the same as "îêîí÷èë(à)."
> 

There is absolutely no flaw in this logic.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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