translation question

[Tatiana]

Dear Inna,

Here are a couple of suggestions:
1. According to the Multitran dictionary (www.multitran.ru) and ABBY Lingvo the term "realnoe uchilische" can be translated as "non-classical secondary school".
2. Another translation can be found in the Wikipedia article called "Karl May School":
Please compare:
"Thanks to this structure, in 1881 the official title of this secondary educational institution became “K. May Gymnasium and Natural Science College”".
"Благодаря такой структуре, официальным названием этого среднего учебного заведения стало «Гимназия и реальное училище К. Мая»."

Best,
Tatiana Shcherbinina

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Dear all,

In the history of pre-Soviet Russian post-secondary education what would be the English term for "real'noe uchilishche"? Austro-German "Realschule" doesn't work, because it specifies the level, and not the curriculum, which is what mostly accounts for the distinction between "real'noe uchilishche" (technology, mechanics, engineering) and "gimnaziia" (classics, arts, humanities).

I am hoping for a well-established term that either has been used in American scholarship, or will be easily recognized without additional explanation.

Many thanks in advance to those who can help.

Inna Caron
Ohio State University

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