capacitat docent etc

English translation: demonstrated teaching skills

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Catalan term or phrase:capacitat docent
English translation:demonstrated teaching skills
Entered by: Lia Fail (X)

17:05 Dec 27, 2004
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
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Catalan term or phrase: capacitat docent etc
Capacitat docent i investigadora: El professorat contracta gaudeix de plena capacitat docent i si està en possessió del títol de doctor, de plena capacitat investigadora.

Translated literally as 'capacity' just doesn't mean anything to me.

Contracted instructors shall be accorded full teaching capacity and, in the case of holders of doctorate degrees, full research capacity.

Capacity refers, to my mind, more to 'skills' that these individuals may have, whereas here the ideaof 'capacitat' seems to be that the individuals will have the right to fully exploit their teaching/reserach capacities, in the sense that no restrictions or limitations will be placed on them.

Would you agree with this interpretation?
Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 13:33
excellent teaching skills
Explanation:
are you sure they're not saying that instructors shall have excellent teaching skills and if they're PhDs they shall have excellent research skills?????

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Note added at 3 hrs 16 mins (2004-12-27 20:21:23 GMT)
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now that you\'ve posted the Spanish, I\'m even more confident that this is what they\'re saying. Pretty sure you\'re dealing with the requirements for hiring professors or at least the qualifications for professors.
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Marian Greenfield
Local time: 07:33
Grading comment
This is the right interpretation, I double-checked with native speakers (thanks to Silvia Morales and Juan Moles, angels from heaven!)
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Summary of answers provided
5shall be authorised to act as instructors without restriction, etc
Ross Andrew Parker
4teaching capacity
Robert Jones
4a full teaching capacity
translatol
3 +1excellent teaching skills
Marian Greenfield


Discussion entries: 3





  

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teaching capacity


Explanation:
I agree with you

Robert Jones
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a full teaching capacity


Explanation:
I agree with your interpretation. It's just that I have no problem with using 'capacity' in the sense intended here. But perhaps it's clearer with the article.

translatol
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shall be authorised to act as instructors without restriction, etc


Explanation:
I agree with your interpretation, perhaps this alternative wording is one way to avoid using "capacity" in this way (though "capacity" doesn't srike me as unintelligible either).

Ross Andrew Parker
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
excellent teaching skills


Explanation:
are you sure they're not saying that instructors shall have excellent teaching skills and if they're PhDs they shall have excellent research skills?????

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Note added at 3 hrs 16 mins (2004-12-27 20:21:23 GMT)
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now that you\'ve posted the Spanish, I\'m even more confident that this is what they\'re saying. Pretty sure you\'re dealing with the requirements for hiring professors or at least the qualifications for professors.

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
This is the right interpretation, I double-checked with native speakers (thanks to Silvia Morales and Juan Moles, angels from heaven!)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: should have excellent teaching skills and should be able to demonstrate research skills... that's how I read this too.
4 hrs
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