Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Maitre de conférences
English translation:
Associate Professor
Added to glossary by
Carley Hydusik
Nov 23, 2004 10:23
19 yrs ago
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French term
Maitre de conférences
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Education / Pedagogy
Appears in a conference programme, alongside the name + university of the individual concerned. I normally translate from Port. - Eng. and only have a reading knowledge of French but it seems to me that this is an academic title/position (and not something like "cnference organoser, as I originally thought).
Could anyone help?
Could anyone help?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +5 | Associate Professor |
Carley Hydusik
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| 4 +8 | lecturer |
David Umpleby
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Proposed translations
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Carley Hydusik
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Associate Professor
This is a title with a specific rank in the university system. Careful!!!
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MoiraB
: Oxford-Hachette gives 'senior lecturer' (GB) and 'associate professor '(US) so it depends on your audience.
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Yes, thank you for this clarification.
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pierre1881 (X)
: I think that the "maître de conférence" might not appreciate the title of "lecturer" since people who teach part-time at the university qualify themselves as such ...
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Exactly. Thank you.
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RHELLER
: exactly - each country's system is different (U.S. also has Assistant Professor/ Professor)
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DocteurPC
: in Canada (or at least in Quebec) Associate Professor = Maître de conférences
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Gina W
: thanks, I needed that:)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone for a quick response and helpful comments. From the small amount of Googling I did, it was clear that this was a senior post that was some kind of professorship and had a very particular selction procedure, so this answer seems the best."
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David Umpleby
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lecturer
In British English
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Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
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writeaway
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Michel A.
: Yes, though as usual it is not that simple...:-)
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MoiraB
: Oxford-Hachette gives 'senior lecturer' (GB) and 'associate professor (US) so it depends on your audience. 'Conférence' means 'lecture' here rather than 'conference'
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Marie O.
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Monica Sandor
: yes the title has to do with their rank in their university not with their function in the conference itself - lecturer in GB = assistant professor in US/CA, i.e. usually the first level of full-time tenure-track professors.
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