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cram school

French translation: école préparatoire


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English term or phrase:cram school
French translation:école préparatoire
Entered by: FX Fraipont
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14:05 Dec 21, 2009
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English term or phrase: cram school
Je traduis actuellement un abrégé de brevet intitulé :
"CRAM SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CRAM SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVER"

D'après mes recherches sur Internet, une "cram school" serait une école de soutien scolaire qui dispenserait des cours privés pour les élèves du secondaire.
J'aimerais toutefois savoir s'il existe une traduction plus "officielle" de l'expression "cram school".
xxxkingsethi
Local time: 11:43
école préparatoire
Explanation:
C'est beaucoup plus qu'une école des devoirs. "Cramming" c'est bloquer avant un examen par exemple - donc une septième préparatoire maths ou sciences en Belgique serait une "cram school", comme les "prep schools" US.

"The 'Main Cram School' trope as used in popular culture, with a list of examples ... Review Center (Philippines), École préparatoire littéraire aka khâgne ..."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CramSchool
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Organisme d'accompagnement scolairemyrden
4 +2école préparatoire
FX Fraipont
4Ecole des / ou / de DevoirsBeila Goldberg
Summary of reference entries provided
Grind school!
kashew

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Organisme d'accompagnement scolaire


Explanation:
Traduction plus "française", l'école des devoirs me semble davantage belge. Vous savez pour qui vous écrivez

myrden
France
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agree  redcar1
1 day2 hrs
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER: de soutien scolaire
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
école préparatoire


Explanation:
C'est beaucoup plus qu'une école des devoirs. "Cramming" c'est bloquer avant un examen par exemple - donc une septième préparatoire maths ou sciences en Belgique serait une "cram school", comme les "prep schools" US.

"The 'Main Cram School' trope as used in popular culture, with a list of examples ... Review Center (Philippines), École préparatoire littéraire aka khâgne ..."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CramSchool

FX Fraipont
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agree  Sheila Wilson: This seems to reflect the English term
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agree  Irène Guinez
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Ecole des / ou / de Devoirs


Explanation:
Voir le lien ...

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Note added at 3 heures (2009-12-21 17:53:36 GMT)
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Venant d'une belge, j'ai effectivement pensé que c'était pour la Belgique.
Où il n'existe pas, à ma connaissance, autre chose que les Ecoles des Devoirs pendant le secondaire.


    Reference: http://www.google.be/search?hl=fr&source=hp&q=école+de+devoi...
Beila Goldberg
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2 hrs
Reference: Grind school!

Reference information:
A cram school is a school which teaches a highly accelerated curriculum, with the goal of preparing students to take examinations. Typically, cram schools are designed to provide supplementary education, with students attending regular school during the day and going to cram school after school or on the weekends. You may also hear a cram school referred to as a grind school, test preparation center, learning center, or tutoring center.

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Changes made by editors
Jan 4, 2010 - Changes made by FX Fraipont:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Dec 21, 2009 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Field (specific)IT (Information Technology) => Education / Pedagogy


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