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Russian to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy | | Russian term or phrase: ПТУ vs. техникум | I hope I can get away with putting both terms in the caption because they appear together and cannot both be translated as "vocational school."
From a newspaper article about the Russian educational system:
На встрече сегодня с главой Смоленской области Сергей Антуфьевым Медведев отметил, что "задача региональных властей рационализировать сеть таких образовательных учреждений - ПТУ и техникумов". |
| | | vocational school vs. junior college | Explanation:
ПТУ is a secondary educational institution, while техникум is a post-secondary one - an exact counterpart of junior colleges in the U.S. |
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
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