secondo loco

English translation: short listed for....

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German term or phrase:	secondo loco
English translation:	short listed for....

13:54 Apr 26, 2011

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Social Sciences - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Bewerbungsunterlagen / CV!

German term or phrase: secondo loco

Dear all,

I am translating documents for a university professor who is applying for another professorship. In the CV, listed under 'current positions' the person in question has this entry:

secondo loco W-3 Professur für ... at such and such university

My research has informed me that 'secondo loco' basically means 2nd place in the short list of candidates for a given professorships. (Wikipedia explains it quite nicely: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berufung_(Amt) . It seems that aspiring academics like to list positions that they 'almost' got, or I might be wrong there. At any rate, this certainly poses a translation problem as the best way to put this without sounding negative - after all doesn't it mean this person DIDN'T get the position? - is thus far in my mind to say 'short list (2nd selection) for full-time professorship.....

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Jonathan Bourg KudoZ activity Questions: 32 (none open) Answers: 13 Germany
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short listed for....

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which would be correct usage - it's a verb in AE
but why translate at all? Isn't it a common term?

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Local time: 14:13

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short listed for....

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Might work.

Runner-up (2nd place) Full professorship (W3-Professur), Mannheim University

http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/users/baeck/cv.pdf

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short listed for....

Explanation:
which would be correct usage - it's a verb in AE
but why translate at all? Isn't it a common term?

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 33

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