gradus delatus cum laude

22:15 May 31, 2016 

The only thing that comes anywhere close in Real Latin is:
cum laude gradus delatus = cum laude degree conferred which is like saying
"habeas corpus" = (do the lawyers need to know what this means?) or "caveat emptor" - et cœtera (or does that need to be explained too :-)
do Doctors need to have "post mortem" explained to them

13:36 May 31, 2016 

Just to be clear. I am not dissing anybody. But if the "receiver" of the certificate (for a job, post etc.) isn't au fait with the term...who is? I would never "translate" my PhD qualification. Any extra information is superfluous.

13:32 May 31, 2016 

IMHO leave it. Any translation seems (if you'll pardon the expression as I never use it, but it is common parlance)..Lame.

13:29 May 31, 2016 

Depending on the university system (US or other), cum laude will have to stay but I guess what Juan was asking was whether to translate "gradus delatus" or not.

13:22 May 31, 2016 

I'm saying JUST THAT!
You've got CUM LAUDE, then + GOOD, EXTRA GOOD, or SUPER GOOD!
As it is an Academic Certificate (for academics) it makes no sense whatever to try and translate it.
My PhD is from a Spanish University - I have just got CUM LAUDE (which is good enough for me) with the grade "SOBRESALIENTE" which basically is 9/10 :-)
Leave it as it is! It's Latin. It's academic! Who else is he or she going to impress!
Dr Nick Taylor. PhD Cum Laude. Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain.