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carrera docente

English translation: teaching profession

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Spanish term or phrase:carrera docente
English translation:teaching profession
Entered by: Christina Courtright

15:08 Feb 19, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: carrera docente
cursar y desempeñar cargos en la carrera docente, planificando, ejecutando y evaluando las propuestas educativas de formación integral.
Pamela Fioravanti
Local time: 17:21
teaching profession
Explanation:
I believe that is the most common phrase for this
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Christina Courtright
United States
Local time: 16:21
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Summary of answers provided
5 +13teaching profession
Christina Courtright
4 +1field of education
oligreen (X)
5educational career
gamax
4teaching
Marina Herrera
3teacher training course
Catalina Connon


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
field of education


Explanation:
Here's what I think.


Oliver

oligreen (X)
Local time: 22:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: This sounds most natural to me, given that it's a university.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +13
teaching profession


Explanation:
I believe that is the most common phrase for this

Christina Courtright
United States
Local time: 16:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Yes. Amazing how long I´d been in Spain (and teaching!) before I clicked that "docencia was us"!
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agree  MaryPdL
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agree  Gloria Meneses González
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agree  Henry Hinds
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agree  JaneTranslates
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agree  Ross Andrew Parker
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agree  Aïda Garcia Pons
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agree  Marina56: ok,
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agree  Pilar Díez
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agree  patricia scott
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agree  Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
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agree  JPMedicalTrans
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
educational career


Explanation:
I believe this goes closer to the meaning of the expression in spanish, which refers to one's teaching career or the general fact of choosing teching as a career.

gamax
Mexico
Local time: 13:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
teaching


Explanation:
porque la frase en español dice "cargos en la carrera docente..." suena un repetitivo decir positions in the teaching profession; creo es más elegante y simple decir en inglés, positions in teaching, planning, etc....

Marina Herrera
Local time: 16:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 27
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
teacher training course


Explanation:
maybe
I guess it's referring to professionals, for example lawyers, biologists, or whatever, who wish to attend a course to train as teachers of their specialty at universities.

Catalina Connon
Argentina
Local time: 17:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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