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04:02 Dec 2, 2011

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Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs

Spanish term or phrase: Carácter:ajeno

Bueno, sigo con mi traducción de certificados académicos, que es más complicado de lo que parece, y además me falta experiencia en este tipo de traducción. Bueno, poco a poco.

En un certificado académico expedido por la Universitat de Barcelona aparece una clasificación de los cursos en: obligatorios, optativos y ajenos.

¿Alguien sabe a qué se refiere "ajeno"? ¿Se trata de asignaturas de "libre configuración?
¿Cómo se podría traducir este término al inglés, a alguien se le ocurre?
Muchas gracias,
Eva

evadelmar
Spain

English translation:off-subject

Explanation:
maybe

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or "miscellaneous"

Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 02:14

Grading comment

Finalmente he elegido la opción "miscellaneous", la verdad es que es un término bastante vago y por eso he decidido elegirlo, así no "me mojo", ya que del texto original no podía realmente saber con exactidtud a qué materias hacía referencia la expresión "ajeno"
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4 +2

Outside courses

Barbara L Pavlik

4 +1

non-major electives / electives outside a student's major discipline

Jenni Lukac

free choice courses

Emiliano Pantoja

Extracurricular

rich.

off-subject

David Hollywood

Answers

3 mins confidence:

off-subject

Explanation:
maybe

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-12-02 04:06:03 GMT)
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or "miscellaneous"

David Hollywood
Local time: 02:14
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 113

Grading comment

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Outside courses

Explanation:
I think this translation may require more than a simple phrase. The literal translation is "free configuration credits," but this may not be readily understood by English speakers, because the term comes from the Spanish university system. It can include courses taken outside the student's major or degree area, or it can even include courses taken from other universities. Here is a reference that may help you with this and more terms in this area.

Reference: http://www.spainedu.org/studying-in-spain.html

Barbara L Pavlik
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of:

English

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

non-major electives / electives outside a student's major discipline

Explanation:
It seems to be the same as 'de libre configuración'. Note "ajenos a sus disciplinas de estudios" in the definition below.

La libre configuración se concibe como un currículo complementario a la malla curricular de las distintas carreras, que presenta a los estudiantes una oportunidad flexible de obtener vivencias, experiencias y aprendizajes cercanos a sus intereses y, a la vez, ajenos a sus disciplinas de estudios. http://www.uisek.cl/daestudiantiles/libreconf.htm; Asignaturas troncales – Core classes: these are the common classes required in
each Study Plan as determined by the Spanish Ministry of Education at the state level.
Asignaturas no troncales – Non-core classes: the study plan content determined
freely by each Spanish university and these are divided into the following types of
classes: obligatory, electives within the major and electives outside the major.
Asignaturas obligatorias – Obligatory classes: classes which the university has
determined to be obligatory for students in each major.
Asignaturas optativas – Elective classes within majors: classes which the
university offers in all majors and which students may select freely as counting to major
degree graduation requirements.
Asignaturas de libre elección/libre configuración – Elective classes outside
the major: classes a student may select outside the major according to his/her own
criteria; credits earned count towards satisfying graduation degree requirements. http://www.ciee.org/studyseville/documents/7.Vocabularioacad...

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108 credit points. 2.1 Major Compulsory Courses. 54 credit points. 2.2 Non-major Compulsory Courses. 36 credit points. 2.3 Compulsory Electives. 18 credit ...

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 81

15 mins confidence:

free choice courses

Explanation:
elective courses with "free configuration" credits

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http://www.relint.uva.es/relint/erasmus/extranjeros/ECTS/Emp...
http://www.uji.es/bin/serveis/otci/incoming/brief.pdf
http://www2.uca.es/orgobierno/ordenacion/convergencia/docume...
http://www.ujaen.es/serv/vicint/home/docs/patie/INTRODUCTION...

Emiliano Pantoja
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

11 hrs confidence:

Extracurricular

Explanation:
Another option. I understand I often refers to activities such as sports but it is also widely used as "extracurricular courses":

Extracurricular courses are course that are not part of the student’s academic progression plan and for which no credit granted. Examples of extracurricular courses are student orientation, homeroom, clubs and activities, or other enrichment courses.
http://help.myxact.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View...

The following is a list of extracurricular (non-credit) arts classes offered at MIT.
http://web.mit.edu/arts/learn/extracurricular.html

This extra course does not count towards their GPA and is therefore an extracurricular course.
http://www.student.uva.nl/ucp/a-z/list.cfm/A8E9C5F9-1321-B0B...

The sociocultural sector also runs a large number of extracurricular courses for people of all ages.
http://www.brussel.irisnet.be/education-and-training/academi...

By adding extracurricular courses to the mix, our students have many opportunities to pursue personal interests and discover hidden talents.
http://www.fwacademy.org/academics/extracurricular.cfm

rich.
Mexico
Local time: 00:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 58

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