Educational terminology

[Shrager, Miriam]

"Profil'nyj klass" is a specialized class. There used to be (and there 
are still) many specialized high schools in Russia, e.g. math schools, 
languages schools, etc. "Licej" is a new type of specialized school 
where there are several specializations. For example, in Licej where my 
children studied there were 4 specialized classes: mathematics, 
biology, physics-chemistry, and humanities. In order to be accepted to 
one of these classes, one must pass specialized tests in the relevant 
subjects. During the high school years students study all the subjects, 
but the specialized subject they study in depth.

I don't know what is the English equivqlent to these. I heard that 
there are "magnet schools" in the USA (for example, there is one in 
Chicago), which are similar. So maybe that would be a good candidate 
for translation.

Regarding "colledge", it is a college, but one that has a "lower" 
status than the university or an "Institute". This is so because 
student's don't need to pass the hard entrance exams, just pay in order 
to study there. Usually, those who want to be in academia don't study 
in a college. I think that this one is hard to translate because I 
don't know of an equivalent, say, in the USA for that. Hope it helps.

Best regards
-Miriam




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> Date:    Sun, 13 May 2007 00:12:50 -0400
> From:    "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
> Subject: Educational terminology -- equivalents?
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> I'm translating a fairly general piece on the Moscow education system
> (present day), and hopingf someone can suggest the nearest equivalents
> for these terms:
>
> профильный класс
> лицей
> колледж
> кадетский корпус
>
> Is a "лицей" like a prep school?
>
> I hesitate to translate "колледж" as "college" because my American
> reader will take it to mean "вуз."
>
> The other two have me pretty baffled.
>
> For a text that covers territory similar enough to mine to help with
> context, see <http://www.mpress.ru/actual.aspx?thema=32>.
>
> And here's the controlling law (MS Word file in zip archive, 21 KB):
> <http://www.educom.ru/ru/documents/common.zip>
>
> Art. 7, Para. 7 defines:
> Лицей - вид государственного
> общеобразовательного учреждения,
> реализующего общеобразовательные
> программы основного общего и среднего
> (полного) общего образования,
> обеспечивающего профильную
> подготовку
> обучающиÑ
ся VIII-XI, IX-XI, X-XI классов и, по
> решению городского органа
> управления образованием, VII-XI классов
> и формирование у ниÑ
 навыков
> самостоятельной проектной и
> научно-исследовательской
> деятельности.
>
> Art. 7, Para. 3 defines:
> Кадетская школа - вид
> государственного
> общеобразовательного учреждения,
> реализующего общеобразовательные
> программы начального общего,
> основного
> общего и среднего (полного) общего и
> дополнительного образования,
> обеспечивающие подготовку
> обучающиÑ
ся к служению Отечеству на
> гражданском и военном поприще.
>
> This is as close as they get to "кадетский корпус."
>
> The terms "профильный класс" and "колледж" do
> not appear anywhere in the
> law.
>
> MTIA
>
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