German translation of "Second Class Honours (Lower Di" - "Has to be somewhere between 2,75 and 3,25, hence "Befriedigend""

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238 months ago

Michael.S (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > German
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Second Class Honours (Lower Di
Context:	...been admitted by the Senate
Keywords:	University of Lagos studies de

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238 months ago

INTRAD wrote:

Auszeichnung zweiter Klasse

My comment:

Ich denke, dass es eine Stufe unter dem "summa cum laude" sein muss, f�r die es im Deutschen kein �quivalent gibt, daher meine w�rtliche �bersetzung

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238 months ago

wrote:

Naja - eventuell nicht nur eine Klasse unter:-)) Aber ganz sicher ist dieses die richtige �bersetzung und vedient deswegen nicht Second Class Honours sondern First Class Honours!

238 months ago

German Translations & Interpreting wrote:

Has to be somewhere between 2,75 and 3,25, hence "Befriedigend"

My comment:

Tricky one as grades rarely have a 1-2-1 equivalent in another language

My references:

Have a look at: www.ifos.de/anabin/scripts/frmAbschlusstyp3.asp?ID=1143
Hope that helps.

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