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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

conférant le grade de Master

English translation:

accredited at Master level

Added to glossary by Sheila Wilson
Apr 18, 2011 01:36
13 yrs ago
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French term

conférant le grade de Master

French to English Law/Patents Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Vu l'arrete du XXX fixant la liste des diplômes conférant le grade de Master"

Does anybody know what is meant by "conférant le grade" in this context?

Does it mean "awarding the Master's degree"

I'm not too sure. Many thanks for any hlep with this.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 accredited Master's degrees
5 -1 awarding the Master level
4 conferred the Master degree upon..
Change log

May 2, 2011 07:29: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+2
5 hrs
French term (edited): diplômes conférant le grade de Master
Selected

accredited Master's degrees

I believe this is the way it would be phrased in English.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-04-18 07:14:18 GMT)
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People and institutions award degrees and titles. The diplomas themselves can't.

If you want to stay closer to the source structure, you could say that these are programmes that lead to a Master's degree, or lead to the title of Master.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2011-04-18 15:51:26 GMT)
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Bearing in mind comments received, I have a further proposition for consideration in addition to the one proposed by B D Finch:

Accredited at Master level

This would possibly be more suitable if the originating country is outside of the Bologna system of higher education.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell
2 hrs
Thanks
disagree Dieezah : Bear in mind it is about a list of diplomas which give you the level of a Master not a Master's degree in itself, it's not the same, it's rather diplomas with the same value, there are many within the French education system alone.
3 hrs
Well, I'm not sure that is necessarily the case, within Europe at any rate where we are all supposed to be pretty much on the same system // Whatever and wherever it is, it's either accredited as a diploma at Master level or it isn't
agree B D Finch : Accredited as Master's degrees, I think.
4 hrs
Thanks and yes, that is probably better
agree Lara Barnett : Accredited AT Master level sounds right following comments.
1 day 12 hrs
Thanks Lara. Yes, I think the refinements have been worthwhile and that's my preferred translation
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32 mins

awarding the Master level

"conférant" is in this context the same as "donnant" so your guess about translating it as awarding was rather correct. grade in French is not exactly the same as it is in English so level would be my choice of word...
Example sentence:

Par les pouvoirs qui me sont conférés, je vous déclare unis par les liens sacrés du mariage

Peer comment(s):
neutral Sheila Wilson : Not a very helpful example, seeing as "conférés" used there does not translate as "awarded"
5 hrs
Maybe not but the general meaning of it is still of something you received from elsewhere (the State, God, University, whatever...)
disagree B D Finch : Not a phrase that would be used in English. You can't award a level, the level is an attribute of the award itself.//Why, then, give an answer you know to be wrong?
9 hrs
I know that, I passed British diplomas myself so I do know, but it's really that here it's a question of diplomas equating the Master, that's why I couldn't think of anything else just yet...
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7 hrs

conferred the Master degree upon..

con·fer (kn-fûr)
v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers
v.tr.
1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Sheila Wilson : I don't disagree with what you have said but I don't think this fits the context, which is a list of diplomas at master level, rather than a personal case
22 hrs
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