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Conscripted Teachers

English translation: teaching as an alternative to military service

17:29 Nov 27, 2017
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Military / Defense
English term or phrase: Conscripted Teachers
If you are 18 years old, you should do a conscription/military service. Now, Instead of serving the military for two years, you can do a teaching job for five years. What is the best term for this concept ("those who are doing a teaching job instead of serving the military)? Shall we call them Conscripted Teachers"?
Mohammad Ghaffari
Selected answer:teaching as an alternative to military service
Explanation:
You haven't given the context, so you may have to tweak this. But "conscripted teachers" doesn't work in my opinion because it implies they've been forced to work as teachers.
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philgoddard
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conscripted teachers
teaching as an alternative to military service


Explanation:
You haven't given the context, so you may have to tweak this. But "conscripted teachers" doesn't work in my opinion because it implies they've been forced to work as teachers.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Morad Seif
1 hr
neutral  Daryo: they are not forced to work as teacher, but if it's an alternative to being forced into serving in the military, it's not exactly a "free choice" either?
4 hrs
  -> Thank you for your very illuminating comment. I learn so much from you.
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Without context it's hard to see but most likely there is still an element of choice in what and where to teach. 'Conscripted teachters' would mean teachers who are conscripted to do military service but here it is exactly the opposite.
22 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: Yes, teaching is one way(option) for avoiding being drafted into the military. And no, "conscripted teachers" doesn't work
1 day 16 hrs
agree  Katalin Horváth McClure: I think "teaching as alternative civilian service" is better, as "alternative civilian service" is the phrase describing civil services performed in lieu of compulsory military service. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_civilian_service
2 days 1 hr
agree  acetran
5 days
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