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insuficiente/deficiente

English translation: unsatisfactory / deficient

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Spanish term or phrase:insuficiente/deficiente
English translation:unsatisfactory / deficient
Entered by: morellaC

14:52 Sep 5, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / grading system
Spanish term or phrase: insuficiente/deficiente
I have a transcript from a colombian high school, that includes in the marks column: deficiente, insuficiente, acceptable, bueno, excelente, sobresaliente. I am not sure which is the worst: deficiente or isuficiente? also, what would be their correspondent in the North American educational system?
morellaC
Canada
Local time: 20:16
unsatisfactory / deficient
Explanation:
deficiente, insuficiente, aceptable, bueno, excelente, sobresaliente = deficient, unsatisfactory, acceptable, good, excellent, outstanding

However, in USA at least, there are only 5: A, B, C, D & F:
Excellent, good, fair, poor and failing.

It would appear that both "deficiente" and "insuficiente" would have to be failing because neither one reaches "aceptable".
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 20:16
Grading comment
Thank you for a clear and concise answer.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2D/F
teju
4unsatisfactory/failing
Peter Whitmore (X)
4unsatisfactory / deficient
Henry Hinds
4(found this)
ormiston


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unsatisfactory/failing


Explanation:
It looks like they are ordered from lowest to highest.
Deficiente = Failing
Insuficiente = Unsatisfactory (less severe)

Peter Whitmore (X)
United States
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: truth is, I put them in that order, but I got the idea. Thanks!

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unsatisfactory / deficient


Explanation:
deficiente, insuficiente, aceptable, bueno, excelente, sobresaliente = deficient, unsatisfactory, acceptable, good, excellent, outstanding

However, in USA at least, there are only 5: A, B, C, D & F:
Excellent, good, fair, poor and failing.

It would appear that both "deficiente" and "insuficiente" would have to be failing because neither one reaches "aceptable".

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 20:16
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1174
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Thank you for a clear and concise answer.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
D/F


Explanation:
Sobresaliente - A+
Excelente - A-
Bueno - B
Aceptable - C
Insuficiente - D
Deficiente - F

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-09-05 15:24:13 GMT)
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I gave you letter grades because you said this was for the US, this is what's commonly used here. Normally, each grade can have a + or a - according to each school's standards, so we really have 5 levels, not 6. If you need to translate it a different way, then what you propose would work well. Deficiente is failed, and insuficiente would be unsatisfactory.

teju
Local time: 20:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 55
Notes to answerer
Asker: I actually need to put the letters in words. would you say insuficient is "poor" and deficiente is "failed"?

Asker: Thank you for your help. I actually mentioned North America - Canada is also there.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Whitmore (X): I agree with your estimation too!
1 min
  -> Thank you Peter - teju :)

agree  Egmont
1 hr
  -> Gracias - teju :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(found this)


Explanation:
Percent Letter Grade equivalent Descriptors
90-100% A+ A superior / outstanding performance.
80-89% A A very good / excellent performance.
70-79% B A good / above average performance.
60-69% C A generally satisfactory, intellectually adequate performance.
50-59% D A barely satisfactory performance.
0-49% F Failure. An unacceptable performance.
Inthe good old days in the UK there was 'very good, good, fair, poor and fail' !

ormiston
Local time: 03:16
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you.

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