imposición de bandas
English translation: graduation ceremony
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|  Selected response from: Rebecca Jowers Spain Local time: 14:32 | ||||||
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| 5 +4 | graduation ceremony |
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| 4 +1 | commencement exercises |
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| 5 | imposition of ribbons/ strips |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| imposición de bandas commencement exercises Explanation: As a title in an announcement published by a university equivalent in formality to "imposicion de bandas", "commencement exercises" is much more common than "graduation ceremony", at least in the US. Suerte. Reference: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/05.05/02-commence.h... |
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peer agreement (net): +4| imposición de bandas graduation ceremony Explanation: To my knowledge, there is no exact equivalent of "imposición de bandas", but I believe this could simply be called a "graduation ceremony" since that is what it is called in the US (and I assume, in the UK as well), i.e., a ceremony in which students are presented with their diploma to commemorate graduation. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 50 mins (2005-11-16 14:34:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Although "commencement exercises" may be an option if your translation is exclusively for US audiences, it appears that "graduation ceremony" is used more frequently in the US than "commencement exercises." If you do an advanced Google search exclusively for ".edu" domains (i.e., university websites), you will see that there are 235,000 entries for "graduation ceremony" vs. 214,000 for "commencement exercises." BUT if you want this to be understood by British audiences, I think you might prefer "graduation ceremony" since the advanced Google search for ".uk" domains shows 145,000 entries for "graduation ceremony" vs. 395 entries for "commencement exercises." Moreover, I think the expression "commencement exercises" might prompt a miscue among some audiences, since the word "commencement" might be confused with the "ceremonia de inauguración del curso académico", which is typically held at the commencement of the academic year at universities in most Spanish-speaking countries. (From the University of London website:) Graduation: Graduation ceremonies are organised by your College of Registration; you should contact your College Postgraduate Administrator for details. http://www.london.ac.uk/index.php?id=13&no_cache=1 (From the University of Oxford website) 11.00; 2.00; 4.30: Graduation Ceremony starts. It usually takes about 1 1/4 hours. Afterwards: Come back to College to return your gown (or take it back to where you hired it). We usually lay on a meal - brunch, lunch or dinner depending on what time the ceremony is. You need to book this in advance - see booking form for prices. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~shugdev/graduation/graduationday.html (From the Harvard University website:) Harvard@Home: Harvard University 353rd Commencement & Graduation Ceremonies http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/cgc04.html (From the Yale University website:) Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release Graduate and professional school diploma ceremonies also are held Monday at the... At 2:30 pm, the EPH graduation ceremony will be held in Battell Chapel, ... www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/01-05-16-05.all.html (From the Princeton University website:) Princeton - Graduate School Announcement, 2004-05... If a candidate wishes to be recognized at the graduation ceremony at the end of the academic year, all degree requirements must be completed in time for the ... www.princeton.edu/pr/catalog/gsa/04/167.htm |
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