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GED - please read below

Spanish translation: certificado de equivalencia

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English term or phrase:GED
Spanish translation:certificado de equivalencia
Entered by: SusyZ

07:33 Feb 19, 2002
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: GED - please read below
Text is from a job application.

"Did you earn a GED? (General Educational Development)"

Since the targeted audience will be not only Spanish speaking people in the USA but also overseas... would you leave it as GED? or translate as "certificado de bachillerato"? Thank you in advance for your help!
SusyZ
Local time: 00:16
GED (certificado de equivalencia)
Explanation:
If you have enough space on the form. This is often known as an equivalency certificate in English.
Selected response from:

Steven Swapp
Grading comment
That's why I love proz.com I could not think of another term but "bachiller" and as you pointed out, the GED is not the same as a high school diploma. Thank you !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3GED (certificado de equivalencia)
Steven Swapp
5 +1Diploma de segunda enseñanza (equivalente a "High Scholl" o "Bachillerato")
Francisco de Paula MARTINEZ
5Leave it as GED and put in an explanatory footnote
Eva Malkki
5Certificado de Desarrollo de Educación General (GED)
Kanif
4Yo lo dejaría igual
mayte sanchez


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Leave it as GED and put in an explanatory footnote


Explanation:
This would be normal practice

Eva Malkki
Finland
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in pair: 7
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
GED (certificado de equivalencia)


Explanation:
If you have enough space on the form. This is often known as an equivalency certificate in English.


Steven Swapp
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
That's why I love proz.com I could not think of another term but "bachiller" and as you pointed out, the GED is not the same as a high school diploma. Thank you !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hermeneutica: Yes, because it is not the same as a bachillerato. I would even only say what Steven suggests after exploding the acronym so they will know that it is a very specific thing.
5 mins
agree  Andrea Bullrich: agree with you and Dee :-)
4 hrs
agree  Cecilia Benitez
7 hrs
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Yo lo dejaría igual


Explanation:
No te están pidiendo el bachillerato en concreto, sino un equivalente a su GED, que podría ser otra titulación (FP2, Acceso a Universidad para mayores de 25 años,... )y otras diferentes de distintos países. En todo caso, se puede añadir una nota al pie o simplemente, una aclaración entre paréntesis.

mayte sanchez
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Diploma de segunda enseñanza (equivalente a "High Scholl" o "Bachillerato")


Explanation:
Se trata de un examen especial destinado a personas adultas que, si se apueba, se considera equivalente a la segunda enseñanza (High School o Bachillerato)

El acrónimo GED se deriva de:
General Educational Development
y de
General Equivalency Diploma

Por lo tanto, deduzco que la pregunta se refiere a si se ha obtenido el Diploma correspondente a este examen.
Por ello, lo traduzco como has visto.

Francisco de Paula MARTINEZ
Spain
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 111

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X): MUY BIEN!
4 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Certificado de Desarrollo de Educación General (GED)


Explanation:
(General Education Development en inglés). ¿Ha adquirido usted su Certificado de Desarrollo de Educación General(GED)?

El GED es equivalente a un certificado (diploma) de la escuela secundaria. Los adultos mayores de 16 años que no se graduaron de la escuela secundaria pueden tomar clases gratuitas en el programa GED.

Kanif
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