Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
recteur de l'académie
English translation:
chief education officer
French term
recteur de l'académie
i know it is some sort of educational representative in the region
| 4 +1 | chief education officer |
claude-andrew
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| 4 | Director of Education |
ACOZ (X)
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| 4 -1 | Rector of the Academy |
Jean-Claude Gouin
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Dec 15, 2009 20:02: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Term asked" from "recteur de l\'academie" to "recteur de l\'académie"
Dec 15, 2009 21:59: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 3, 2011 08:47: claude-andrew Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Sheila Wilson, writeaway
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Proposed translations
France
Bilingual scientist English French
Native in: English 
Works in: English to French, French to English, English
chief education officer
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rkillings
: Why retain it in French? For comparison, who doesn't refer to Bundeskanzlerin Merkel as Chancellor Merkel in English?
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Chris Hall
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Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
Rector of the Academy
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Chris Hall
: Far too literal in my opinion.
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/other/407860-rec...
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rkillings
: Has the considerable *merit* of including the two cognate English words. See my OED reference below.:-)
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Thank you rkillings for your vote of confidence ...
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ACOZ (X)
: This could be a headmaster. I attended an Academy (long, long ago!) and we had a "rector" rather than a "headmaster". Point is: this is an ambiguous suggestion.
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Yes, it COULD be a headmaster. So, what's your point?
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Director of Education
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Joelle Glore (X)
: Still the same.
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Thanks for the update, Joëlle.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: In Canada, a "Director of Education" is a "Directeur de l'éducation" ... the most important person in a School Board.
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That's interesting. The translation selected will obviously depend on the country of destination.
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Reference comments
archive
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/education_pedago...
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sktrans
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Travelin Ann
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writeaway
: sigh, yes
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Aude Sylvain
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Chris Hall
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rector
In most cases the Rector is one of the professors and is elected annually. In France the title of Recteur is now given to the head of an Académie."
(OED 2nd Ed.)
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