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Junior high school diploma

Spanish translation: Escuela secundaria


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English term or phrase:Junior high school diploma
Spanish translation:Escuela secundaria
Entered by: Emma Ratcliffe
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03:45 Oct 2, 2009
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Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: Junior high school diploma
La estudiante xxx, de sexo femenino, de 16 años de edad, con lugar de origen del condado de Jianwei de la provincia de Sichuan, matriculada en la clase 1 de esta Escuela secundaria de primer ciclo para la promoción del año 2003, en el mes de julio del año 2003 ha terminado todos los cursos, y es calificada en educación moral, intelectual y física, se autoriza la graduación.

The Spanish text is the translation of a Chinese junior high school diploma, I hope someone can help me proofread it and make it better understood by people in Spain or Latin America.

This student was admitted to study in Class 1 of the junior high school, and graduated in 2003, she has finished school in July 2003, with qualified academic result in terms of moral education, intellectual education and physical training, is hereby authorized to graduate.
TRANS4CHINA
China
Local time: 07:22
Escuela secundaria
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4diploma de escuela intermedia
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
4 +5Escuela secundaria
Emma Ratcliffe
4bachiller
Danielle Walters


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
junior high school diploma
diploma de escuela intermedia


Explanation:
Educational Dict.:

junior high school (middle school) escuela intermedia

Middle school or junior high school serves as a "bridge" between elementary school and high school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_school

Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Peru
Local time: 18:22
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 185

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agree  Lydia De Jorge
17 mins
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agree  Gad Kohenov: La escuela intermedia antes del bachillerato
1 hr
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agree  elainelarson: I agree with the explanation. Junior HS is like Middle School (usually grades 6, 7 and 8 in a 12 grade system, but this varies by school district). In Spain, grades 7 and 8 are called 1º y 2º de la ESO (Educacion Secundaria Obliglatoria-4 yrs in all).
2 days4 hrs
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agree  Silvia Killian Özler
4 days
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
junior high school diploma
Escuela secundaria


Explanation:
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Emma Ratcliffe
Mexico
Local time: 18:22
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Marjory Hord: En Mexico se dividen en secundaria (junior h.s.) y preparatoria (high school)
19 mins
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agree  blucero: Como te habras dado cuenta tienes dos sugerencias. Se que en Peru y Venezuela se dice escuela intermedia, pero en México el equivalente a junior high school es secundaria. Espero que esto te sirva para decidir que termino usar. !Suerte!
1 hr
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agree  nataliablg: En España también se considera secundaria http://culturitalia.uibk.ac.at/hispanoteca/Kulturkunde-Spani...
4 hrs
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agree  Veronica Poblete: Lo mismo en Chile
11 hrs
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agree  Wendy Petzall: En Venezuela hay Educación Básica (9 grados, de 7 a 15 años) y Educación Media (2 grados, 16 y 17 años). A estos dos últimos suele llamarse "bachillerato" pero no es el término oficial. Junior High sería la Tercera Etapa de Educación Básica (grados 7 a 9)
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1 day21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
junior high school diploma
bachiller


Explanation:
bachiller = high school graduate certificate

Danielle Walters
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:22
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