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English translation: Course credit report (card) of credit equivalent to 2 years of preparatory classes

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French term or phrase:D.U.B.I.
English translation:Course credit report (card) of credit equivalent to 2 years of preparatory classes
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
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10:52 Jan 29, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: D.U.B.I.
Would really appreciate any help on on D.U.B.I. - it appears on a French diploma - the text reads:
Le Secrétaire General de l'Université de...
vu le D.U.B.I. equivalence par 2 années de classes préparatoires obtenu précédemment par l'intéressé,
certifie que...
Would be grateful even if somebody could just help with the acronym itself - i.e. what it stands for in French!
sangeeta
Course credit report (card) of credit equivalent to 2 years of preparatory classes
Explanation:
I'm basing my interpretation entirely on the context, and on what I know of evaluation of credits towards degrees. [I served on the committee that determined credit and course evaluation standards for the college I'm retired from, so I have some experience in this area :-)) ]

I'm *guessing*, by the way, that the *U.* in D .U.B.I. stands for *unité* (in English, *credit*). You might want to look at the following URL, where credit equivalences are discussed, in terms of admission to French Higher Ed. programs (in this case, in engineering, but it would apply to other areas as well).
http://www2.cefi.org/plaquet.html#2-2-1

Take a look at this one, too:
www.euroeducation.net/prof/franco.htm

I also found the following, which might give you an idea where the B.I. comes from:

... Pour chaque cours faisant l’objet d’un examen en vue du diplôme, on publie un bulletin d’information à l’intention des élèves et des enseignants. Ce ...
www.learning.gov.ab.ca/french/M_12/evaluation/diplome/bulle... default.asp

One of the meanings of "bulletin" is "report card": school report GB, report card US (from the Oxford SuperLex).
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Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 03:12
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That was fantastic! I visited the homepage of the Ministère de l'Education Nationale and several other sites -all to no avail. Really appreciate your help - not only was it bang on target, but also extremely informative and well researched. Thank you so very much - hope I can reciprocate some day. Best regards - Sangeeta
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naCourse credit report (card) of credit equivalent to 2 years of preparatory classes
Yolanda Broad
nadubi
Albert Golub


  

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dubi


Explanation:
d.u must stand for diplome universitaire
what's the context (subject studied) to try to find b.i!

Albert Golub
Local time: 09:12
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 359
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Course credit report (card) of credit equivalent to 2 years of preparatory classes


Explanation:
I'm basing my interpretation entirely on the context, and on what I know of evaluation of credits towards degrees. [I served on the committee that determined credit and course evaluation standards for the college I'm retired from, so I have some experience in this area :-)) ]

I'm *guessing*, by the way, that the *U.* in D .U.B.I. stands for *unité* (in English, *credit*). You might want to look at the following URL, where credit equivalences are discussed, in terms of admission to French Higher Ed. programs (in this case, in engineering, but it would apply to other areas as well).
http://www2.cefi.org/plaquet.html#2-2-1

Take a look at this one, too:
www.euroeducation.net/prof/franco.htm

I also found the following, which might give you an idea where the B.I. comes from:

... Pour chaque cours faisant l’objet d’un examen en vue du diplôme, on publie un bulletin d’information à l’intention des élèves et des enseignants. Ce ...
www.learning.gov.ab.ca/french/M_12/evaluation/diplome/bulle... default.asp

One of the meanings of "bulletin" is "report card": school report GB, report card US (from the Oxford SuperLex).



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Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 03:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1551
Grading comment
That was fantastic! I visited the homepage of the Ministère de l'Education Nationale and several other sites -all to no avail. Really appreciate your help - not only was it bang on target, but also extremely informative and well researched. Thank you so very much - hope I can reciprocate some day. Best regards - Sangeeta
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