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Thread poster: Tanja 1
Tanja 1
Tanja 1
Germany
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German to English
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May 14, 2014

Good morning everyone,

I’m working as a language assistant at a university and translating texts from German into British English and vice versa.
I would like to immerse more into the style of writing used by British universities and I want to get a feeling which terms fit into the area of university when translating terms from German into English. So that I will more and more learn for example not to translate „berufsbegleitende Studiengänge“ as „extra occupational d... See more
Good morning everyone,

I’m working as a language assistant at a university and translating texts from German into British English and vice versa.
I would like to immerse more into the style of writing used by British universities and I want to get a feeling which terms fit into the area of university when translating terms from German into English. So that I will more and more learn for example not to translate „berufsbegleitende Studiengänge“ as „extra occupational degree program“ but as " executive study program“ which is the right term used in this specific area.

Does anyone have an idea where to look up such words? The general dictionaries won’t be of much help as they only will give the "general terms“ and not the terms related to university world.

Thank you very much for your help!

Have a nice day!

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