Another transl. of "real'noe uchilishche"

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Edward M Dumanis wrote:

> One can find about "real'noe uchilishche" on
> 
> <http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5>
> 
> where possibly unreadable characters stand for "real'noe uchilishche" in 
> Russian.

Your link works fine, but those who prefer can point their browsers to 
<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/реальное_училище>, which takes you to the 
same target.

> One can conclude then that it was not a trade or tech school as we 
> understand it in US. The essential difference is that "real'noe
> uchilishche" did not teach trade but rather the subjects important in
> trade and technology: Math, Physics, Drawing, etc. I'd call such a
> school "Science & Technology (Magnet) High School" (with reduced
> teaching of humanities).

I could live with that phrasing (though I'd probably not use "magnet") 
if your model is something like Bronx Science in NYC. That's aimed at 
gifted students destined for great things in the hard sciences, not at 
future tradespeople. I hesitated when I read the bit about "практические 
учебные заведения, возникавшие в Петрозаводске," and farther down, 
"общее образование, приспособленное к практическим потребностям и к 
приобретению технических познаний," and especially "Выпускники... могли 
поступить в технические, промышленные и торговые [вузы], но не в 
университеты." It's not really clear from the wikipedia page whether the 
latest version (before abolition in Russia) -- выпускники уже могли 
поступать в университет на физико-математический и медицинский 
факультеты -- is the definition that prevails....

If the understanding is an emphasis on technical disciplines for 
practical application and no further education, then I would have to 
reject your term and go for something like "trade school." That has the 
unfortunate downside of implying a HS diploma or GED before admission, 
but it does capture the dead-end nature of the institution (as opposed 
to a prep school or other institution intended for the best and the 
brightest.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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