PTU: What exactly is it?

[Nora Favorov]

Please reply to Paul's questions on-list. This would be very helpful to
know!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:11 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] PTU: What exactly is it?


> Dear colleagues,
>
> Could someone explain please what exactly the Russians mean by
> "Профессионально-техническое училище"?
>
> It's not your fault or your problem, but I have a client who wants to
> negotiate the term I use on his transcript so it sounds better, and I
> want to translate it accurately. So it would be helpful to know, in
> general terms:
>
> • admission requirements (qualifying exam? transcript? age? I've seen
> descriptions on the web that say all you need is to finish 9th grade)
>
> • term of study (two years? I've seen descriptions that say as little as
> six months to as much as two years)
>
> • resulting degree or qualification
>
> Do I understand correctly that this is "terminal" in the sense that the
> student is not expected to go on to higher education? (excluding, of
> course, FPK)?
>
> Do I understand correctly that this is *not* post-secondary education -- 
> that the student does not first complete high school and then enter a
> PTU, but attends a PTU *instead of* conventional high school?  The
> client wants it to come across as equivalent to community college,
> giving an associate's degree, and my impression is that it is less than
> that, more like a trade school.
>
> And if you have candidate terms that would be icing on the cake.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> -- 
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
> http://pbg-translations.com
>
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