Oct 22, 2010 21:51
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

diploma que lo acredita como Médico...

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) Diplomas
se extiende el diploma que lo acredita como mèdico...

this certificate is issued hereby (and)?

Discussion

AllegroTrans Oct 23, 2010:
Asker, can you paste in the whole sentence please?
jude dabo Oct 23, 2010:
absolutely wrong it is.the translation will then mean diploma in physician assistant which only downgrades the person to a Nurse,midwife,auxilary nurse,staff nurse etc position but certainly not a Medical Doctor.Thanks!
AllegroTrans Oct 23, 2010:
We still don't know ...whether anything comes after "medico" (for example, a specialism). And if the source country calls this a diploma, why is it compulsory to translate to "degree" just because that is the norm in the US and the UK? The reader needs to grasp this is about a South American country where things are not the same. So I would opt for "diploma" - it cannot be "wrong" since that is exactly what the text says.
Michael McCann Oct 23, 2010:
Degree or diploma in medicine To be precise in English, one has a "degree in Medicine", but a diploma in areas of specialisation.
David Hollywood Oct 23, 2010:
@Allegro ... you say "translators" .. does that mean that you are not a translator? (I would say you were and a good one too :))
David Hollywood Oct 23, 2010:
I think we do indeed have to give the best possible, acceptable and understandable (not to say correct) rendering of the term for the target culture .. and this is a great subject to be discussed :)
jude dabo Oct 23, 2010:
the translation should read degree to make sense in English.
AllegroTrans Oct 22, 2010:
To be or not to be So are we going to call it a diploma or a degree??
Why must we slavishly "convert" terms to what they would be in our own countries? it's a question that I keep on challenging translators with. Of course I KNOW that you can't get a diploma to be a doctor in the US or the UK, but does that matter if the Spanish (presumably from Argentina) actually says diploma?

Proposed translations

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the degree of Doctor of Medicine is hereby issued/conferred

I would say ...

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depending on full context ...

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians (medical doctors). The degree is granted by medical schools. It is a professional doctorate / first ...
en.wikipedia.org › Health science › Medicine - Cached - SimilarPhysician - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A physician—also known as doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor—practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with ...
en.wikipedia.org › Health science › Medicine - Cached - Similar

Peer comment(s):

agree Lydia De Jorge
8 mins
thanks Lydia :)
agree María Eugenia Wachtendorff
1 hr
thanks MEW y saludos :)
agree Anne Smith Campbell
1 hr
thanks Anne :)
agree Thayenga
6 hrs
agree Michael McCann : Yes, agree
9 hrs
disagree jude dabo : PHD level.Out of place
11 hrs
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the diploma, accrediting him as physician, is hereby conferred on him

or even simpler: the diploma as a physician is hereby conferred on him
Note from asker:
Thank you...
Peer comment(s):

disagree jude dabo : no diploma as a physician in English.In Dutch maybe.
35 mins
go and check your Google or Bing. One example is provided above.
agree AllegroTrans : I see this as the most correct answer - we don't have to "convert" this to what it would be in England or America (culltural arrogance?) - it's about Argentina where obviously it's a diploma
20 hrs
many thanks.... glad that you see my reasoning
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44 mins

A degree in MEDICINE and SURGERY is hereby conferred upon ...

my sugg
Peer comment(s):

disagree swisstell : where does it say anything about a Surgeon? A doctor in medicine is not necessarily also a surgeon.
58 mins
you are excused swisstell.You can not be a surgeon without a degree in Medicine.You are accreditated with a degree in medicine and you late Specializse as a Surgeon.ok??
neutral philgoddard : This is perfect except for the "and surgery".
1 hr
that is what you get at degree level.Thanks
agree Gabriella Bertelmann : agree
17 hrs
Thanks Gabriella!
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