Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
avec la mention "très honorable"
English translation:
with highest honours
French term
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English to French, and 5 more.
avec la mention "très honorable"
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| 4 +2 | with highest honours |
Sheila Wilson
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| 4 +2 | with distinction |
Robin Salmon (X)
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| 3 | with second level of distinction |
rkillings
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Sep 19, 2009 12:17: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Term asked" from "avec la mention \"tres honorable\"" to "avec la mention \"très honorable\"" , "Field (specific)" from "Education / Pedagogy" to "Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs"
Sep 24, 2009 08:33: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: English, French to English
with highest honours
Comment traduiriez vous en anglais "mention: très honorable ...
27 avr 2008 ... Mention honorable = "With High Honors" ou "Magna Cum Laude" Mention tres honorable = "With Highest Honors" ou "Summa Cum Laude" ...
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Note added at 5 days (2009-09-24 08:33:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Please note that, whilst "summa cum laude" may be perfectly correct for this particular translation, it is America-specific. It would certainly not be suitable for a British readership and would be best avoided for a global/international English readership
with distinction
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Sheila Wilson
: c'est plutôt "mention bien"/ merit and distinction are synonyms, but neither addresses the "très" here
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Je crois que "mention bien" c'est "with merit".
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gabuss
: et le dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford le confirme
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with second level of distinction
mention bien ≃ upper second class Honours (UK), ≃ pass with honors (US)
mention très bien ≃ first class Honours (UK), ≃ pass with high honors (US)
mention passable minimum pass grade
mention honorable first level of distinction for a PhD
mention très honorable second level of distinction for a PhD
mention très honorable avec les félicitations du jury highest level of distinction for a PhD
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Mention honorable = high honors (Magna cum Laude) Mention très honorable = highest honors (Summa cum Laude) I am a retired university professor, ...
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