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Conges terminology question

165 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Spanish
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	Primary students...
Context:	are allowed to check out 1 book at a time & 1st graders are allowed to check out 2 books a
Keywords:	Education/U.S. Elementary school.

The answer of Vicki Santamaria was rated best

estudiantes primarios

My comment:

You have to consider who will be reading the translation--if it is for the parents of students attending the school, then the translation should be "primario" because the parents will know what that is in the context of that particular school. You can't really call a kid "pre-escolar" if he goes to a school (see below).

My references:

In the U.S., escuelas primarias are known as elementary schools. Traditionally, the primary grades are first, second and third. Fourth, fifth and sixth were known as intermediate grades. In most places, sixth grade is now part of middle school. Nowadays, because of so many working mothers and because of increased knowledge of the value of early childhood education, many regular elementary schools offer on-site daycare and education for young children three and older, especially in poorer neighborhoods.