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أستاذ مساعد

English translation: Each university has its own nomenclature

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Arabic term or phrase:أستاذ مساعد
English translation:Each university has its own nomenclature
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

00:11 Dec 1, 2003
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences
Arabic term or phrase: أستاذ مساعد
هل هي :
Adjunct or Assistant Professor?
أم كليهما؟
و هل :
Associate Professor
تعني أستاذ مشارك أم مساعد؟
هل من مداخلة قاطعة؟!
Amer al-Azem
Palestine
Local time: 23:27
Each university has its own nomenclature
Explanation:
Some universities use adjunct; others use assistant; still others use both terms, each having a specific meaning. There is no universal rule that applies to all.

Associate should not be translated as مساعد
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Fuad Yahya
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5 +6Each university has its own nomenclature
Fuad Yahya
4Assestant professor
Saleh Ayyub


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Each university has its own nomenclature


Explanation:
Some universities use adjunct; others use assistant; still others use both terms, each having a specific meaning. There is no universal rule that applies to all.

Associate should not be translated as مساعد

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2811
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alaa Zeineldine
2 hrs
agree  Musab Hayatli
9 hrs
agree  Spring2007 (X)
12 hrs
agree  Alaa AHMED
17 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
7 days
agree  radwa abdel ghany
23 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Assestant professor


Explanation:
Associate professor mean أستاذ مشارك

and it is a higher rank in the professor career path; and of course full professor of a professor is the higher that the associate professor.

And the rule here, is a question of seniority, reaseach and publication

Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
Local time: 08:27
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 466

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  umsarah: It is assistant with an I, never with an E
13 hrs
  -> you are right with an "i" . ... Thanks
agree  Nado2002
1 day 12 hrs
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