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國校畢業

English translation: public/national school graduate; graduated from public/national school


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00:53 Feb 19, 2010
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / education in Taiwan
Chinese term or phrase: 國校畢業
I am translating a document from Taiwan and need help NOW. How to translate 國校畢 in English?
SL Leung
Canada
Local time: 18:13
English translation:public/national school graduate; graduated from public/national school
Explanation:
I think in some countries, people make a distinction between whether students graduated from a private or public school, so I think it might refer to this point.
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Michael Lai
Local time: 08:13
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2elementary school graduate
Fang Sheng
3 -1public/national school graduate; graduated from public/national school
Michael Lai


  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
elementary school graduate


Explanation:
Isn't this a typo of 國小畢業?

Fang Sheng
Canada
Local time: 18:13
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathy Huang: Not a typo. Used to be called that way in the old days.
43 mins

agree  yuchiachen: it is correct, i know because i'm from taiwan
1 day14 hrs
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1 day1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
public/national school graduate; graduated from public/national school


Explanation:
I think in some countries, people make a distinction between whether students graduated from a private or public school, so I think it might refer to this point.

Michael Lai
Local time: 08:13
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think it may also be translated as 'state school'.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  yuchiachen: it has nothing to do with your comment i'm afraid
13 hrs
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