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German: Abgangszeugnis

English translation: school-leaving report



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German term or phrase:Abgangszeugnis
English translation:school-leaving report
Entered by:Marcus Malabad
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11:08am Jul 6, 2005Login or register (free) for more options.
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: Abgangszeugnis
Schüler, die das Ziel der Klasse 9 bzw. der Klasse 10 der Hauptschule nicht erreicht haben, erhalten ein Abgangszeugnis.

I am not sure if "leaving certificate" is appropriate here.
Kathi Stock
United States
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Kathi Stock (asker): 11:30am Jul 6, 2005: Zweifel - Unter Abgangszeugnis versteht man gewöhnlich, dass man die Schule (erfolgreich) beendet hat. Dann ist leaving certificate auf jeden Fall angemessen. In diesem Zusammenhang scheint es, dass das Abgangszeugnis nur den Schulbesuch bestätigt, da das Ziel der Klasse 9 oder 10 nicht erreicht wurde. Deshalb bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob leaving certificate hier stimmt.

school-leaving report
Explanation:
The first source is a German-English parallel text [pdf] with a glossary and they translate it with 'report' rather than 'certificate' which seems a good solution.

The other source, from the USA [pdf] makes this comment about Abgangszeugnis:
"Note: An Abgangszeugnis from any type of school denotes unsuccessful performance and failure to graduate"

Hope it helps with the doubts

Selected response from:

Deborah Shannon
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Perfect! Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1school-leaving reportDeborah Shannon
3 +1unenrollment record / transcript record
msherms
4 -1leaving certificate
Yaser Suleiman


  

Answers

15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Abgangszeugnis (in diesem Zusammenhang) leaving certificate

Explanation:
Ist schon in Ordnung!

Schau es dir selbst an:

http://www.dict.cc/?s=Abgangszeugnis
http://odge.info/german-english/Abgangszeugnis+%7Bn%7D.html

Yaser Suleiman
Jordan
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Cilian O'Tuama: you don't get a "(school-)leaving cert" if you drop out of school early
16 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
unenrollment record / transcript record

Explanation:
Though not 100 % sure myself, I would probably write:

unenrollment record -- or transcript record.

msherms
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Deborah Shannon: record is a good alternative to certificate here but I'm not sure about 'transcript' as I haven't seen one of these documents, no idea if they list the (fail?!) grades
3 hrs
  -> I am pretty sure that they list the failing grades- a transcript normally lists all academic work - audited courses, workgroups, normal courses, etc.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
school-leaving report

Explanation:
The first source is a German-English parallel text [pdf] with a glossary and they translate it with 'report' rather than 'certificate' which seems a good solution.

The other source, from the USA [pdf] makes this comment about Abgangszeugnis:
"Note: An Abgangszeugnis from any type of school denotes unsuccessful performance and failure to graduate"

Hope it helps with the doubts




    Reference: http://www.bonn.de/bildungsberater/EducationGuide.pdf
    Reference: http://www.ncaa.org/library/membership/international_guide/2...
Deborah Shannon
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 139
Note from asker to answerer
Perfect! Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree msherms: this might be a good alternative as well ! report doesn't have the "successful" ring of certificate
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