Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
(matiz entre) grant / fellowship
Spanish translation:
subvención, subsidio (AmL) (beca - "grant" BrE) / beca
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Michael Powers (PhD)
Oct 14, 2007 19:10
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English term
matiz entre GRANT/FELLOWSHIP
English to Spanish
Bus/Financial
Management
becas y becarios
Hola amig@s!
Mi duda es la traducción de beca y becario (de un centro de investigación).
No se si es más correcto Research Grant o Research Fellowship.
Y respecto a Becario, es mejor Fellow o Grantee?
Gracias! Thanks!
Mi duda es la traducción de beca y becario (de un centro de investigación).
No se si es más correcto Research Grant o Research Fellowship.
Y respecto a Becario, es mejor Fellow o Grantee?
Gracias! Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 4 | subvención, subsidio (AmL) (beca - "grant" BrE) / beca |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +1 | grant vs. fellowship |
translatol
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| 4 | Scholarship or grant/grantee |
Terry Burgess
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Change log
Oct 16, 2007 03:56: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/723757">NuVoL's</a> old entry - "matiz entre GRANT/FELLOWSHIP"" to ""subvención, subsidio (AmL) (beca - "grant" BrE) / beca""
Oct 16, 2007 03:56: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Proposed translations
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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subvención, subsidio (AmL) (beca - "grant" BrE) / beca
Mike :)
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Oxford
grant2 n
a (subsidy — to body, individual) subvención f, subsidio m (AmL); (— to student) (esp BrE) beca f
In the U.S., a "grant" is based on economic need - not scholarship, whereas a "scholarship" or "fellowship" is based on academic promise.
Note, according to the Oxford Dictionary, in British English, quite often "beca" is used to translate a "grant" for a student.
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In American English, "grant" has nothing to do with research - it's a term based on need. As a matter of fact, with research, in the US university/college system, the term of art is "research fellow"
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You're certainly welcome.
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Oxford
grant2 n
a (subsidy — to body, individual) subvención f, subsidio m (AmL); (— to student) (esp BrE) beca f
In the U.S., a "grant" is based on economic need - not scholarship, whereas a "scholarship" or "fellowship" is based on academic promise.
Note, according to the Oxford Dictionary, in British English, quite often "beca" is used to translate a "grant" for a student.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-10-14 19:20:24 GMT)
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In American English, "grant" has nothing to do with research - it's a term based on need. As a matter of fact, with research, in the US university/college system, the term of art is "research fellow"
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2007-10-16 03:54:48 GMT) Post-grading
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You're certainly welcome.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "What you said is what I suspected.
Thank you very much for your kind explanation."
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Mexico
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Works in: Spanish to English, English
Scholarship or grant/grantee
I'd say that if it's about research, it would be a grant.
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Every year for the past 8 or so, I've translated into English the "Convocatoria de Becas para Extranjeros" of the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry. They invariably prefer "grantee" as the recipient. For research, it's always "grant" and they use "scholarship" for anything up to a doctorate. Here's the Mirriam-Webster's definition of a "fellowship":
Educ.
a. the body of fellows in a college or university.
b. the position or emoluments of a fellow of a college or university, or the sum of money he or she receives.
c. a foundation for the maintenance of a fellow in a college or university.
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-14 19:22:20 GMT)
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Every year for the past 8 or so, I've translated into English the "Convocatoria de Becas para Extranjeros" of the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry. They invariably prefer "grantee" as the recipient. For research, it's always "grant" and they use "scholarship" for anything up to a doctorate. Here's the Mirriam-Webster's definition of a "fellowship":
Educ.
a. the body of fellows in a college or university.
b. the position or emoluments of a fellow of a college or university, or the sum of money he or she receives.
c. a foundation for the maintenance of a fellow in a college or university.
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translatol
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Translations that read like originals
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Catalan to English
grant vs. fellowship
One thing is certain. A grant may be given to a person or to a team of people. A fellowship can only be given to an individual person.
The receiver of a grant is a grant holder (sometimes grantee).
There's a certain honour implied by 'fellowship', and also a connotation of continuing for a substantial length of time; it's a 'high status' word and not suitable for something that will only last a few weeks or months.
The receiver of a grant is a grant holder (sometimes grantee).
There's a certain honour implied by 'fellowship', and also a connotation of continuing for a substantial length of time; it's a 'high status' word and not suitable for something that will only last a few weeks or months.
Note from asker:
| What you said is what I suspected. Thank you very much for your kind explanation. |
| Sorry, I wanted to give you the 4 points, but I'm new in this community and I've clicked on the wrong place. Best regards. (I'll pay more attention next time) |
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