Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
art O-level
French translation:
diplôme général en Art
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Alexandre Tissot
Sep 25, 2015 14:01
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art O-level
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Art/Literary
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Brochure
Bonjour,
Je traduis une brochure qui a trait à une entreprise qui propose des services d'architecture. Elle présente également les Curriculum Vitae de ses membres.
Selon mes recherches, il semble que le niveau évoqué relève d'un niveau scolaire ordinaire ou général santionné par des lettres dans un contexte anglo-saxon. Mais quel serait l'équivalent dans un contexte francophone ?
"Before finishing his secondaty school in Norway, he spent two years in Sunningdale, England where he completed his ***art O-level*** a year early. here he decided to study architecture."
Merci beaucoup.
Je traduis une brochure qui a trait à une entreprise qui propose des services d'architecture. Elle présente également les Curriculum Vitae de ses membres.
Selon mes recherches, il semble que le niveau évoqué relève d'un niveau scolaire ordinaire ou général santionné par des lettres dans un contexte anglo-saxon. Mais quel serait l'équivalent dans un contexte francophone ?
"Before finishing his secondaty school in Norway, he spent two years in Sunningdale, England where he completed his ***art O-level*** a year early. here he decided to study architecture."
Merci beaucoup.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | nieau général en Art |
HERBET Abel
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References
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kashew
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Proposed translations
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HERBET Abel
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
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nieau général en Art
The O Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education. It was introduced as part of British educational reform in the 1950s alongside the more in-depth and academically rigorous A-level (official title of qualification: General Certificate of Education - Advanced Level) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Those three jurisdictions replaced O Levels gradually with General Certificate of Secondary Education and International General Certificate of Secondary Education exams over time. The Scottish equivalent was the O-grade (replaced by the Standard Grade). The O Level qualification is still awarded by CIE Cambridge International Examinations, the international counterpart of the British examination Board OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & Royal Society of Arts),[1] in select locations, instead of or alongside the International General Certificate of Secondary Education qualifications. Both CIE and OCR have Cambridge Assessment as their parent organization.[1] The Cambridge O Level has already been phased out, however, and is no longer available in certain administrative regions.[2]
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niveau général
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCE_Ordinary_Level
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bye , merci
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Note added at 7 hrs (2015-09-25 21:59:18 GMT)
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niveau général
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCE_Ordinary_Level
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Note added at 3 days8 hrs (2015-09-28 22:52:35 GMT) Post-grading
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bye , merci
Note from asker:
| Merci, Abel. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci à tous !"
Reference comments
32 mins
Reference:
A similar school:
http://www.stmargaretssec.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree...
NB: No mention of architecture as such.
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Note added at 39 minutes (2015-09-25 14:40:33 GMT)
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Design is not mentioned either, but is now included (since 2015) as Art & Design.
NB: No mention of architecture as such.
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Note added at 39 minutes (2015-09-25 14:40:33 GMT)
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Design is not mentioned either, but is now included (since 2015) as Art & Design.
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Kashew. |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| neutral |
Tony M
: if this were a GCE O-level, it is clearly a long time before 2015. Back in the days when I did Art O-level, Design was more commonly included with Technology.
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Discussion
So something like 'diplôme' etc. 'ordinaire', and I would say more like 'Beaux-Arts' — nowadays it may include all sorts of related subjects, but back in the days of GCEs (obsolete now for several years!) it mainly involved fine art: drawing, painting, art history, print-making, calligraphy, etc., maybe also with textiles, pottery, sculpture, etc.