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French term or phrase:bulletin d'appreciation
English translation:assessment report
Entered by: Guylaine Ingram
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00:25 Sep 16, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
French term or phrase: bulletin d'appreciation
Comment traduiriez-vous ce document qui ne tient pas lieu de diplôme mais sert à prouver qu'un élève a bien suivi un certain parcours scolaire ?
Merci !!
Guylaine Ingram
assessment/appraisal (report)
Explanation:
To me, "appréciation" implies some form of assessment of a pupil's ability to learn, attitude, etc., not simply "qu'un élève a bien suivi un certain parcours", though the term may reflect a certain "langue de bois éducationnelle".

In English I think you can dispense with "report" unless it is not otherwise obvious that this is the paper which the assessment is recorded rather than the act of appraising itself.

However, if it is indeed more a mark of attendance, then you could use a "bastardized" expression like "assessment/appraisal certificate".

Moving on from there, you could even use "certificate of competence" which, these days at least, does not mean one is at all competent, but that one has sat (or slept) through course.

Yours old-fogeyly, etc.
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xxxBourth
Local time: 09:37
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Thank you all and yes, you are absolutely right Bourth, there is an assessment on how well or poorly the student did. There are no grades though, hence it not a "transcript", just an "evaluation".
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4 +1attendance certificatexxxLia Fail
3 +1transcriptMatthewLaSon
3assessment/appraisal (report)xxxBourth


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assessment/appraisal (report)


Explanation:
To me, "appréciation" implies some form of assessment of a pupil's ability to learn, attitude, etc., not simply "qu'un élève a bien suivi un certain parcours", though the term may reflect a certain "langue de bois éducationnelle".

In English I think you can dispense with "report" unless it is not otherwise obvious that this is the paper which the assessment is recorded rather than the act of appraising itself.

However, if it is indeed more a mark of attendance, then you could use a "bastardized" expression like "assessment/appraisal certificate".

Moving on from there, you could even use "certificate of competence" which, these days at least, does not mean one is at all competent, but that one has sat (or slept) through course.

Yours old-fogeyly, etc.

xxxBourth
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Thank you all and yes, you are absolutely right Bourth, there is an assessment on how well or poorly the student did. There are no grades though, hence it not a "transcript", just an "evaluation".
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
attendance certificate


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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2006-09-17 01:34:00 GMT)
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An attendance cert is evidence that someone has pursued a course of study. It is informal, in comaprison with a formal diploma or cert that gives results, i.e, it is usually an in-house certificate, of no value as a cert, but typical of courses which may not lead to formal qualifications.

xxxLia Fail
Spain
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Drmanu49
9 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
transcript


Explanation:
This sounds like a "transcript".

Literally,

an assessment report (based on a student's record such as courses taken and grades earned).

I was not aware of this meaning until now. I thought it was simply a "report card", but it seems to be much more than that.



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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2006-09-17 02:44:11 GMT)
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I would not have proposed "transcript" if you would not have explained in French how you understood this document.

I would have said "evaluation report" if you would have just given the French term.

"Evaluation report" would be the literal meaning, but your explanation makes me doubt.



    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=transcript&x=14&y=1...
MatthewLaSon
Local time: 03:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 85

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natasha Dupuy
3 hrs
  -> Thanks. According to her description, I think it may be a transcript of some sort. I don't know.

neutral  xxxLia Fail: transcript is a faithful copy of a formal record
21 hrs
  -> I would have said "evalution report", but the asker's explanation makes me doubt myself.
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