Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Professeur *attaché* à l'Ecole de...
English translation:
(Guest) Lecturer or Professor at
Added to glossary by
Jocelyne S
Aug 7, 2008 10:16
15 yrs ago
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French term
France
Professeur *attaché* à l'Ecole de...
French to English
Other
Education / Pedagogy
Job Title
On a CV: "Professeur *attaché* à l'Ecole de ..."
I'm not sure whether this is a "part-time" or "associate" professor (or something else).
If it's "part-time" can someone suggest a classier way of saying it in a university context?
Thanks in advance,
Jocelyne
I'm not sure whether this is a "part-time" or "associate" professor (or something else).
If it's "part-time" can someone suggest a classier way of saying it in a university context?
Thanks in advance,
Jocelyne
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | Professor at / from ... |
Jean-Claude Gouin
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| 4 +4 | Guest lecturer at... |
translatol
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| 3 +3 | adjunct |
marca
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| 4 +1 | posh ways of saying part-time in a university: fractional, guest, visiting |
Melissa McMahon
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| 4 | working at |
saraja
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| 4 -1 | Associate Professor |
Drmanu49
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| 3 | Sessional instructor |
Diane Partenio (X)
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| 3 -1 | Assistant professor |
mimi 254
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Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:
Non-PRO (1): Julie Barber
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Proposed translations
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12 mins
Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
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Professor at / from ...
Professor at the University of ... OR a professor from the University of ... When I see "attaché", I see the professor as
one who is fit to be tied ... LOL
one who is fit to be tied ... LOL
Peer comment(s):
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Sébastien Ricciardi
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Merci Sébastien ...
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Drmanu49
: This could mean full time which is not the case.
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Merci Emmanuel de prendre le temps pour donner votre opinion ...
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B D Finch
: We don't know that it isn't full-time, but if not then the simple addition of "part-time" would solve it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_rank#France
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Thank you Ms. Finch for your fine suggestion. Full time or part time, s/he is still at the employ of the university in question ... No?
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writeaway
: why over translate? This is a wysiwyg translation of the Fr (what you see is what you get) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG
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Thank you for agreeing with me, writeaway ...
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Helen Shiner
: This would be my solution. Professors may be 'attached' to several institutions at the same time but do not generally feel the need to declare the terms of their appointments in their titles. It is sometimes hard to find out just where they are based!
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Thank you Helen. S/he may be working part of the time in an industry related to his teaching field ...
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cchat
: See the notes by JS and by translatol. In this context, I think professor is a 'faux-ami'.
3 hrs
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Merci pour votre opinion ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much to all who helped out on this question. I gave my client several options and we decided to go with Professor in the end. I have also added "Guest" in brackets to the glossary entry."
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20 mins
Assistant professor
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Peer comment(s):
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Sébastien Ricciardi
: Assistant professor (professeur assistant(e)) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_rank_in_France
31 mins
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-1
2 mins
Associate Professor
... Pellegrini, Assistant professor, LaBRI Perronnin Florence, Perronnin, Associate Professor Perruquetti Wilfrid, Perruquetti, Professor, École Centrale de ...
ralyx.inria.fr/2007/staff-list.txt?category=Enseignant&theme=NUM - 38k -
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-08-07 10:37:38 GMT)
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Arnaud Tonnelé - Professeur attaché à Grenoble Ecole de Management. Négociations et aspects multiculturels, Marie-France Derderian - Responsable pédagogique ...
www.grenoble-em.com/default.aspx?rub=756 - 36k
ralyx.inria.fr/2007/staff-list.txt?category=Enseignant&theme=NUM - 38k -
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-08-07 10:37:38 GMT)
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Arnaud Tonnelé - Professeur attaché à Grenoble Ecole de Management. Négociations et aspects multiculturels, Marie-France Derderian - Responsable pédagogique ...
www.grenoble-em.com/default.aspx?rub=756 - 36k
Peer comment(s):
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Sébastien Ricciardi
: Associate Professor is a level of qualification. Edit : Associate, not assistant, true, my apologies
11 mins
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Your disagree is wrong, I am an "associate professor" not "assistant" with two UFR.
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B D Finch
: Associate professor is a professeur associé, which is something else.
37 mins
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Associate professor is a rank in the US, and indicates that the person in question has tenure.
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+3
54 mins
adjunct
I'm not sure if this term is appropriate in your context, but it's a quite common US term for anyone who teaches courses but is not otherwise attached to the institution.
Peer comment(s):
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Melissa McMahon
: I like this - also common outside of US, and avoids ambiguities of 'associate"
6 mins
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Jean-Louis S.
: Correct!
26 mins
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translatol
: I like adjunct too, although I've given another answer. But I haven't seen it used in Europe.
1 day 8 hrs
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1 hr
posh ways of saying part-time in a university: fractional, guest, visiting
I like "adjunct", but above are suggestions for posh ways of saying part-time: the professorship may be 'fractional' and if the position is short term, the person may be a "visiting" or "guest" professor.
Nb. it is essential the target audience is US for the term 'professor' be appropriate here. "Lecturer" would be the generic non-US equivalent.
Nb. it is essential the target audience is US for the term 'professor' be appropriate here. "Lecturer" would be the generic non-US equivalent.
Peer comment(s):
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Rachel Fell
: visiting professor, I suggest - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiting_professor
20 hrs
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2 hrs
translatol
Native in English
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Catalan to English
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Guest lecturer at...
This title is very elegant, and is the English term used by the Geneva École de Management for its 'intervenants extérieurs'.
Professeur/professor runs the risk of being a 'faux ami', because 'professor' is a high-ranking title in Anglo-Saxon universities, whereas 'professeur' is of much more general application in French.
Professeur/professor runs the risk of being a 'faux ami', because 'professor' is a high-ranking title in Anglo-Saxon universities, whereas 'professeur' is of much more general application in French.
Peer comment(s):
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cchat
: Definitely the best solution so far, as being most likely to fit JS's context note. But I presume you mean Grenoble and not Geneva, from your reference ;-).
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Many thanks, cchat, and yes I did mean G....
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liz askew
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Thank you, liz
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Terry Gwenn
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Thank you, kobay.
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Aude Sylvain
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Merci, Aude.
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Helen Shiner
: I would be careful here. It is possible to be invited to give one lecture in the UK and be termed a guest lecturer at a particularly university. Please see my comments on 1045's answer./Exactly. I'm sure the asker will sort this out.
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Yes, I can see this. It's a hard one because of differing academic terminologies. You do really have to know the readership: see, for example, Diane's Canadian answer.
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Melissa McMahon
: I think I already offered this option, and explained the 'professor' problem?
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Yes, it *is* in your answer but along with other things, so I tried to specify. In N. America, 'professor' is the popular word for all university teachers, but formally it's one of the academic ranks rising from assistant professor to full professor.
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Sessional instructor
I'm not sure who the target readership is but in Canada, this is the term that is used for a professor without tenure (alas, a growing percentage of university faculty in this country...) which I think is what we're talking about here.
Definition from Answers.com entry on "professor", which you may find useful..
Sessional instructor
A sessional instructor is a person, usually a Ph.D.-holder, who is hired to teach at a university or college on a limited contract, often for a single term. Considerable controversy surrounds the practice of hiring sessionals, since they are increasingly making up a large proportion of instructors at North American universities, where they earn considerably less than other instructors and have no job security.
Definition from Answers.com entry on "professor", which you may find useful..
Sessional instructor
A sessional instructor is a person, usually a Ph.D.-holder, who is hired to teach at a university or college on a limited contract, often for a single term. Considerable controversy surrounds the practice of hiring sessionals, since they are increasingly making up a large proportion of instructors at North American universities, where they earn considerably less than other instructors and have no job security.
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Peer comment(s):
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translatol
: I thought of this for Canada. Actually, at the U of Ottawa we called them 'sessional lecturers'. But I'm not sure it would be understood in Europe, nor that it's quite what is meant here.
3 hrs
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6 hrs
working at
affecté à/travaillant à
Example sentence:
Je ne crois pas qu'il s'agit de "part-time"
Reference comments
22 hrs
Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
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