Víceleté gymnázium

English translation: eight- or six-year grammar school, respectively

09:12 Apr 13, 2018
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Czech term or phrase: Víceleté gymnázium
From a description of the Czech education system:

...mohou počínaje 6. nebo 8. ročníkem plnit povinnou školní docházku na víceletém gymnáziu.

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Chris Jarrett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:10
English translation:eight- or six-year grammar school, respectively
Explanation:
I would also consider “gymnasium/gymnazium”, depending on your audience.

You’ll find “multi-year grammar school”, but that doesn’t really make sense, because all schools are multi-year…
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Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 22:10
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Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards,
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3 +1eight- or six-year grammar school, respectively
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eight- or six-year grammar school, respectively


Explanation:
I would also consider “gymnasium/gymnazium”, depending on your audience.

You’ll find “multi-year grammar school”, but that doesn’t really make sense, because all schools are multi-year…


Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 22:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards,
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you both for your prompt and accurate responses. Best regards,


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Petr Kedzior: "víceleté" makes little sense for the same reason as "multi-year", though...
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Petr. Good point.

neutral  Petr Martinek: I don't think "gymnasium" would work. "Junior+senior high school" or "grammar school" would be more like it.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Why are Czechs so averse to the use of "gymnasium" as a school (context allowing, of course)? Every educated English-speaker knows what this is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(school) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gymnasium
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