Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
libre
English translation:
can gain credit by exam
Spanish term
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libre
Contexto:
Los alumnos regulares deberán cumplir con los requisitos anteriores y haber rendido los parciales con nota no inferior a seis. Los que no cumplan estas condiciones serán considerados alumnos **libres**.
En la Argentina, quedar libre es no pasar la materia. Pero el texto me parece ambiguo.
Sugerencias?
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Claudia
| 3 | can gain credit by exam |
patinba
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| 4 +1 | external student |
Rebecca Breekveldt
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| 3 | without an obligation |
Lisa Rosengard
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| 3 -1 | will be excluded from continuing their studies |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Proposed translations
can gain credit by exam
Credit by Exam Chart - Testing Services - UMHBgo.umhb.edu › resources › testing › credit-by-exam-chart
Dec 3, 2020 — Nursing students may gain credit by exam for selected nursing courses as determined by the College of Nursing policy. The application to take ...
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Credit by ... - UMHBcths.umhb.edu › cths.umhb.edu › files › cbechart_0
Registered nursing students may gain credit by exam for selected nursing courses as determined by the School of Nursing policy; application to take these exams ...
Creating a Course in eLumen - Diablo Valley Collegewww.dvc.edu › about › accreditation › pdfs
Allow Students to Gain Credit by Exam/Challenge – if you want to offer CBE check this box and there will be more information required at the end of the outline.
Resources - Midlothian Heritage High Schoolhhs.misd.gs › counseling-center › resources
When a student seeks to gain credit by exam without prior instruction in the course, the passing score required to earn credit on an exam is 80. Students are not ...
United States
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will be excluded from continuing their studies
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Note added at 19 mins (2021-03-01 13:48:14 GMT)
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Or "will be expelled from the program".
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Or more literally, "will be released from the program".
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Or "will be dropped from the program".
Austria
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external student
Quiere decir que solo tienen que presentarse en persona para el examen, y lo demás pueden hacer a distancia.
Para el Reino Unido, encontré 'external student' (ver referencias). En muchos casos tiene que ver con personas que quieren volver a rendir un examen, así que quizás te sirva para el contexto que compartiste.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/registration/continuing/external...
http://students.leeds.ac.uk/download/4844/external_student_g...
Students are eligible to resit assessments as an external student in an academic session if:
If an Examination Board has awarded you the option to enrol as an external student (please refer to your progression decision on your student record), you must complete the following enrolment process.
https://leedsuniversityunion.knowledgeowl.com/help/what-is-an-external-student
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/external%20student
United Kingdom
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without an obligation
(Students must pass all the previous requirements in the mid-term exams. Those who don't meet the conditions are considered as free students. That's to say that they won't be obliged to attend more courses and timetables of continuing studies, but they will be able to repeat exams.)
Los alumnos rendirán exámenes libres del Ministerio de Educación. (The pupils will take exams set by the Education Ministry.)
Los alumnos libres (no oficiales) son aquellos que solamente quieren presentarse a los exámenes sin cursar enseñanzas en la escuela. (Unofficial students are those who only want to take exams without attending courses.)
https://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/alumnos+libres.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0OUna0p96ruAxWZbeDni-cOkPbMRm0u7mFCzXQfpPQ/edit
Discussion
1) https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/education-peda...
2) http://secretarias.unc.edu.ar/derecho/ensenanza/condiciones-...