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专科 UTF8

English translation: Associate College / Associate Degree

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Chinese term or phrase: 专科
English translation:Associate College / Associate Degree
Entered by: Marc Van Gastel

23:39 Feb 26, 2004
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Chinese term or phrase: 专科 UTF8
Sentence may be quite familiar for you in Mainland China. 获得专科或本科毕业证书者
OK , 本科 is supposed to be a BA according to previous kudos, what about 专科 ?
Just not familiar enough with the education system
Marc Van Gastel
Belgium
Local time: 03:28
Associate College
Explanation:
Associate degree

A degree conferred by a two-year college after the prescribed course of study has been successfully completed:
大专毕业证书两年内圆满完所有规定课程后被授予的学位
an Associate in Arts.
艺术大专生
(美国传统词典)

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Note added at 2004-02-27 00:12:46 (GMT)
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An associate College (大专) may or may not belong to a university.
大专 － 大学专科 Its freshmen are high school graduates
中专 － 中等专科 Its freshmen are middle school graduates
中专 is usually an independent professional school.


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Note added at 2004-02-27 04:01:41 (GMT)
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Why is it called 专科? Because it is specialized in certain fields, such as textile, metallurgy, architecture, music, cooking and etc., similar to vocational school in the U.S.
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ysun
United States
Local time: 20:28
Grading comment
Great thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Associate College
ysun
4 +2junior college education
Jianming Sun
3three-year college education
Yuejun LIU


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
junior college education


Explanation:
junior college education

Jianming Sun
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ysun: Junior college is also correct.
22 mins
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agree  Lu Zou
47 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Associate College


Explanation:
Associate degree

A degree conferred by a two-year college after the prescribed course of study has been successfully completed:
大专毕业证书两年内圆满完所有规定课程后被授予的学位
an Associate in Arts.
艺术大专生
(美国传统词典)

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Note added at 2004-02-27 00:12:46 (GMT)
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An associate College (大专) may or may not belong to a university.
大专 － 大学专科 Its freshmen are high school graduates
中专 － 中等专科 Its freshmen are middle school graduates
中专 is usually an independent professional school.


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Note added at 2004-02-27 04:01:41 (GMT)
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Why is it called 专科? Because it is specialized in certain fields, such as textile, metallurgy, architecture, music, cooking and etc., similar to vocational school in the U.S.

ysun
United States
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 9
Grading comment
Great thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lu Zou
36 mins
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agree  matias: I tend to use this one.
2 hrs
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neutral  Yuejun LIU: 专科 in China means 大专,which is a three-year college ;while a two-year college is 中专 in China.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks! As I know, 大专 can be either 2 or 3 years. 中专 is not at college level.
agree  Twinpens (X)
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
three-year college education


Explanation:
University tuition in Canada has risen dramatically over the last 10 years, and college fees have also increased dramatically. Then there's rent, books and food costs to consider. It's estimated that by 2019, the total cost of a four-year university education will be $74,000 and a three-year college education（专科/大专） will total $45,000.*



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Note added at 2004-02-27 06:46:11 (GMT)
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Found an example from The University of Liverpool. They say \"Three year college \", which is in contrast to \"Four year college \":

Graduates of three year College/University diplomas – if you hold a three-year College/University Diploma, then you will not usually be eligible for apply for direct entry to our postgraduate programmes. Instead you will need to take a relevant pre-masters preparation year. The University does not currently offer such programmes in Liverpool, but we will consider the programmes offered by other respectable institutions. If you live in Chengdu or Qingdao, you may wish to consider the Northern Consortium Pre-Masters programme, which can give access to the University of Liverpool. For further details please contact the Consortium’s local partner
http://www.liv.ac.uk/international/your_country/china/China....
We can safely say \"persons holding three-year College/University Diplomas ( 获得专科毕业证书者)\".

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Note added at 2004-02-27 06:55:32 (GMT)
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By the way, I\'m afraid we should not use \"Associate degree\", which is an American term excluding three-year college.


    Reference: http://www.aimtrimark.com/AIM/Retail/InvestorEd/legacy.cfm
Yuejun LIU
Local time: 09:28
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  matias: This term causes ambiguity, because a Bachelor Degree in the British Education System requires 3 years.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, matias.You"re right. Maybe we could say "three-year associate degree".
agree  Ray Luo
7 hrs
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