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English translation: academic credit shortfalls

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French term or phrase:dettes
English translation:academic credit shortfalls
Entered by: Adrian MM.

09:35 Nov 9, 2022
French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Algerian Transcript
French term or phrase: dettes
I am translating an Algerian transcript in which "Decision: Admis/Dettes" occurs.
I am finding many examples of "admise avec dettes" online in Algerian contexts, but no translation whatsoever.
Karen Pellerin
France
Local time: 11:51
academic credit shortfalls /'catch-ups'/
Explanation:
Compare exam 'retakes', as in the first weblink.

Otherwise, my idea is based on Samuël B.'s Discussion Entry.
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Adrian MM.
Austria
Grading comment
I went with shortfall. Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2academic credit shortfalls /'catch-ups'/
Adrian MM.
3 +1credit deficit (i.e. missing credits)
FPC
3missing work/ unpassed classes/ unpassed exams/ failed exams
Ilian DAVIAUD
4 -1incomplete course requirements
philgoddard
3resits/retakes
SafeTex
3matières non validées / non validated courses or semester
Anastasia Kalantzi
2credits to catch up / catch-up credits / credits to make up
Andrzej Ziomek


Discussion entries: 11





  

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missing work/ unpassed classes/ unpassed exams/ failed exams


Explanation:
I believe it's about academic debt.
In universities, for example, you can continue studying your next semester without having passed an exam or a subject.
En gros: you're allowed to study your next semester, but during that said semester you must pass the exam you haven't passed and etc.

Ilian DAVIAUD
Belarus
Local time: 12:51
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: yes, it's OK as explanation, but it's not a translation.
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incomplete course requirements


Explanation:
Or "course requirements not yet met".
See Samuël's helpful reference in the discussion box. We don't say "debt" in English as far as I'm aware. I did find examples, but they were translations.

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And, yes, apparently specific to Algeria.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

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disagree  Adrian MM.: It isn't the course requirements that are incomplete.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
academic credit shortfalls /'catch-ups'/


Explanation:
Compare exam 'retakes', as in the first weblink.

Otherwise, my idea is based on Samuël B.'s Discussion Entry.

Example sentence(s):
  • Furthermore, you must have your academic advisor approve how the credit shortfall is made up (based on ABET and other departmental requirements).

    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-french/education-pedago...
    Reference: http://www.isucceedvhs.net/2017/04/10/credit-recovery-3/
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I went with shortfall. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
5 days
  -> Thanks and merci.

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: agree with "academic credit shortfalls"
16 days
  -> Thanks and merci, with the first part entered in the glossary,
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resits/retakes


Explanation:
Hello
This is probaby the closest we can get in English and yes, I know it does not completely correspond to the French. But the other suggestions up do not fully reflect the French either.

SafeTex
France
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matières non validées / non validated courses or semester


Explanation:
Que se passe-t-il lorsque vous ne validez pas votre année d'études ? À l'université, vous pourrez souvent passer dans l'année supérieure... même si vous n'avez pas validé votre année en cours. Explications.

Si vous n'obtenez pas le 10/20 nécessaire à la fin de votre année – malgré la compensation entre vos deux semestres et la session de rattrapage –, il vous reste certaines matières non validées.

Des matières de(s) l'année(s) précédente(s) à rattraper
Pour éviter de vous faire suivre une année parfois quasi "blanche", avec seulement deux ou trois matières "ratées", les universités vous laissent en général accéder à l'année suivante, à condition de repasser les matières non validées. Ce qui engendre un rythme de travail extrêmement exigeant !
Les étudiants concernés, parfois dénommés dans le jargon universitaire des "AJAC" (ajournés mais autorisés à composer dans l'année supérieure), pouvaient jusqu'à présent arriver en licence 3 (troisième année d'études) sans avoir validé certaines matières… datant du premier semestre de L1 ! Une situation extrême, en voie de disparition.
(...)
https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/puis-je-etre-amene-e-a-r...

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https://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/puis-je-etre-amene-e-a-r...

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https://agp1.fr/infos-pratiques/

Anastasia Kalantzi
Greece
Local time: 12:51
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
credit deficit (i.e. missing credits)


Explanation:
the concept is this: if you have need, say, 60 credits to validate a semester or a year but only have, say, 50 under your belt (for whatever reason), your "dette" is 10 credits (to talk of a credit as debt or deficit may sound odd but it's credits you don't have in fact), Tou can progress to the next semester/year with that "debt" provided you catch up during the following terms.

FPC
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  AllegroTrans
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
credits to catch up / catch-up credits / credits to make up


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • You may be able to make up missing NCEA credits before your course starts.
  • Contact Te Kura Correspondence School to find out if they can help you catch up. Once NCEA results are released UC will grant Provisional Admission to students who are catching up on 8 credits or less to meet the requirements of NCEA UE.

    Reference: http://www.careers.govt.nz/articles/missed-ncea-credits-what...
    Reference: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/enrol/eligibility/admission---ta...
Andrzej Ziomek
Poland
Local time: 11:51
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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