studienbegleitende Tätigkeit

English translation: work experience while studying

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German term or phrase:	studienbegleitende Tätigkeit
English translation:	work experience while studying
Entered by:	Rowan Morrell

00:11 Nov 23, 2006

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German term or phrase: studienbegleitende Tätigkeit

"- Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit bei der ABC GmbH
- Maschinenbaustudium der RWTH Aachen mit Vertiefungsrichtung Wärmetechnik."

Part of the job history of a CEO of a thermo-ceramic product company. I am having tremendous difficulty with "Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit" - just can't seem to wrestle a credible English translation out of it at all. About the best I can do is a sort of paraphrase - "work experience while studying" (he got an engineering degree from a university of technology). Would something like "work experience with ABC GmbH while studying" work for "Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit"? If not, what would be a good translation here? TIA for your assistance.

Rowan Morrell KudoZ activity Questions: 2467 (none open) (62 closed without grading) Answers: 2776 New Zealand
Local time: 19:18

work experience while studying

Explanation:
While less elegant than "student internship", "work experience while studying" leaves it open whether the person working is being paid or not, whereas "student internship" usually means only a token salary, if any. As the source term also leaves the question of payment open, I prefer the less elegant version.

Selected response from:

Bettina Grieser Johns
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:18

Grading comment

Thanks Bettina, and also to the peer graders. This seems like the safest option here, so I'll go with it. So thanks again, but thanks also to the others who offered an idea. Some quite plausible and good suggestions here. Appreciate everyone's help.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

work experience while studying

Bettina Grieser Johns

Student internship

Kevin Fulton

(combine)

Francis Lee (X)

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

1 hr confidence:

Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit Student internship

Explanation:
This is very common -- in the US at least. Companies hire students to work, either concurrently with their studies or during the summer vacation. The lucky ones frequently get lucrative job offers when they get their degrees.

Kevin Fulton
United States
Local time: 03:18
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit

work experience while studying

Bettina Grieser Johns
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:18
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

12 hrs confidence:

Studienbegleitende Tätigkeit (combine)

Explanation:
Format permitting, I'd add it to the Maschinenbaustudium point, i.e.:
- ... , incorporating (related) work experience at ABC ...

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Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 09:18
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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