Feb 20, 2007 10:20
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German term
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Berufsfachschule vs. Fachschule
German to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
As far as I know, this specific difference does not exist in the English speaking world - both would be commensurate with a "vocational school". However, as both occur in my translation, I have to find alternative terms for each, and was thinking of "vocational school" for "Fachschule" and "professional/applied vocatinal school" for "Berufsfachschule". Does anybody have any suggestions, or can anybody explain the precise difference between the two types of school? Thanks in advance :)
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| 3 | s.u. |
Savita Bhalla
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| 3 | professional and vocational schools |
Tim Jenkins
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The difference that I found out is:
BERUFSFACHSCHULE führt zu einem deutschlandweit anerkannten Berufsabschluss. Die Ausbildung dauert in der Regel zwei bis drei Jahre.
FACHSCHULEN sind Einrichtungen der beruflichen Weiterbildung. Sie bieten Fachkräften mit abgeschlossener Berufsausbildung und beruflichen Erfahrungen Abschlüsse, die sie für Tätigkeiten im mittleren Funktionsbereich zwischen Facharbeitern/Fachangestellten und Hochschulabsolventen befähigen
Source: http://www.sachsen-macht-schule.de/sabw/br_bildungswege_72.p...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 12:15:02 GMT)
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You can differentiate like this:
FACHSCHULEN --> General Vocational Schools
BERUFSFACHSCHULE --> Specialised Vocational Schools
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 12:16:47 GMT)
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Sorry for the extra 'N' in Fachschule. ;)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-20 12:20:57 GMT)
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i think m all confused....Sorry for the missing 'N' in Berufsfachschule . ;)
BERUFSFACHSCHULE führt zu einem deutschlandweit anerkannten Berufsabschluss. Die Ausbildung dauert in der Regel zwei bis drei Jahre.
FACHSCHULEN sind Einrichtungen der beruflichen Weiterbildung. Sie bieten Fachkräften mit abgeschlossener Berufsausbildung und beruflichen Erfahrungen Abschlüsse, die sie für Tätigkeiten im mittleren Funktionsbereich zwischen Facharbeitern/Fachangestellten und Hochschulabsolventen befähigen
Source: http://www.sachsen-macht-schule.de/sabw/br_bildungswege_72.p...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 12:15:02 GMT)
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You can differentiate like this:
FACHSCHULEN --> General Vocational Schools
BERUFSFACHSCHULE --> Specialised Vocational Schools
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 12:16:47 GMT)
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Sorry for the extra 'N' in Fachschule. ;)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-20 12:20:57 GMT)
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i think m all confused....Sorry for the missing 'N' in Berufsfachschule . ;)
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Comment: "Thanks for your help!"
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Tim Jenkins
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Spanish to English
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professional and vocational schools
A difficult one this and I agree with everything you say above. Fachschulen do not neccesarily lead to a professional qualification, so I would simply call them "vocational schools" unless you would like to go for the contrived "pre-professional vocational school".
Berufsfachschulen could be called "professional vocational schools", as you suggested, or simply "professional schools".
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 11:42:42 GMT)
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http://www.inca.org.uk/germany-keywords-mainstream.html
Berufsfachschulen could be called "professional vocational schools", as you suggested, or simply "professional schools".
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-20 11:42:42 GMT)
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http://www.inca.org.uk/germany-keywords-mainstream.html
Note from asker:
| Hi Tim Sorry that I'm only getting around to answering your note now, I've been pretty busy... I eventually actually used savita's suggestion (which came later in a note I hadn't seen on first replying) - sorry about the confusion. Also I still haven't been able to find the share points function... |
Discussion
Savita - it's good to finally know the real difference!