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English translation: course

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17:14 Nov 17, 2011

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Curricular terminology

Spanish term or phrase: Curso

The headings on this certificate, which is for a program of study at the aviation technical college of the Uruguayan Air Force, are: 'curso', 'módulo', and 'asignatura'. For example, for one year, the curso is Mantenimiento, the módulo is I, and there are a dozen or so asignaturas. The next year, it's Mantenimiento II, with a bunch of asignaturas. I am thinking that curso could be translated as 'Course of Study' (meaning more than just a single course/class) or 'Curriculum' or perhaps 'Specialty'? (So the sequence Curso-Modulo-Asignatura might be Course of Study - Module - Subject.) And moderators and fellow translators, don't bother with whistle-blowing, I'm only consulting re the term 'Curso'! Any advice would be appreciated. Gracias y saludos a todos.

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English translation:course

Explanation:
"All our undergraduate courses, as well as some postgraduate taught courses, are made up of modules: self-contained classes that are taught and assessed independently of each other."

http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/learning/studyoptions/modu...

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Year

Explanation:
Curso = academic year

So it's Maintenance Year 1, Maintenance Year 2 etc.

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Asker: Gracias y saludos, Simon. I appreciate your suggestion. In this case, though, the headings are: Año, Curso, Módulo, Asignatura (and Nota Final). So year is already 'covered'. Under curso/módulo, it's Mantenimiento I the first year, Mantenimiento II the second, etc.

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Specialty (US) / Specialism (UK)

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I have just spent an interesting few minutes consulting the website of the Escuela Técnica de Aeronáutica Tte. Coronel (TEA) José [sic!] A. Rígoli.

This institution offers what they call "cursos" for its "egresados": postgraduate courses, in effect ( http://www.eta.edu.uy/Cursos.htm ) . However, the word "curso" in the question clearly refers to the "carrera".

This degree (or diploma?) course last for three years. In the first year, students do essential basic subjects: "aquellas materias básicas que constituyen la base para todas las especialidades del profesional Aerotécnico: aerodinámica, matemática, electricidad básica, materiales y procesos, física e inglés, entre otras" ( http://www.eta.edu.uy/1erAno.htm ).

In the second year, they choose one of several "especialidades", of which "Mantenimiento" is one: "se comienza la formación técnica especialista donde el alumno puede optar entre las especialidades: electrónica, mantenimiento de aeronaves, logística o apoyo al vuelo" ( http://www.eta.edu.uy/2doAno.htm ).

In the third and final year, their complete their theoretical training in their "especialidad" and do practical training: "se completa la formación teórica técnica y se realiza la práctica de cada especialidad en las unidades de la Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya afines a la misma" ( http://www.eta.edu.uy/3erAno.htm ).

So after basic preparatory training in the first year, which the same for all students, they are required to choose one of four areas in which to specialise, and the remainder of the course is concentrated in that area: Mantenimiento de Aeronaves, Apoyo al Vuelo, Logística or Electrónica. This is illustrated by the "organigrama" (in which "Logística" is called "Abastecimiento"). Here we see that "Mantenimiento" has two major subsections, called "Plantas de Poder" and "Mecánico General"; these may correspond to modules I and II. Each of these, in turn, comprises a series of what must be "asignaturas"; those for "Plantas de Poder" are called "Motor Recíproco", "Motor a Reacción" and "Hélices y Rotores".
"Mantenimiento" and "Electrónica" are referred to as "Cursos que están certificados por: la Dirección Nacional de Aviación Civil (DINACIA) y la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI)." I take this to mean that those who graduate in these areas are qualified to work in civil aviation.
http://www.eta.edu.uy/InformacionGeneral.htm

In the light of all this, I think it would make things much clearer if we called these areas "specialties" (which we would call "specialisms" in the UK), rather than "courses", following the example of the Escuela itself, which calls them "especialidades", and reserve the word course for the three-year "carrera" as a whole.

A possible alternative would be to call them "Areas".

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