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amonestación

English translation: (serious) incident report

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Spanish term or phrase:amonestación
English translation:(serious) incident report
Entered by: Clare Macnamara

16:41 Oct 3, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Education in Spain
Spanish term or phrase: amonestación
Hi there! Dictionary translations I've found for this term don't fit my context (it's not a caution or warning). The context is schools in Spain, where an amonestación is a formal written complaint/report containing details about a fairly (or sometimes very) serious behaviour incident. A copy of this report goes by post to the pupil's parents, another to the teacher responsible for the group and a third to the head of studies. An accumulation of these usually leads to the pupil being expelled for 3 days or more.

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Clare Macnamara
Local time: 21:23
(serious) incident report
Explanation:
Might be suitable
Selected response from:

Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:23
Grading comment
To me, this one conveys the idea best. Thanks everyone and particularly fkirton.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3admonishment
Dolores Vázquez
5 +1admonition, reprimand, warning
COSME R. COLÓN
3 +2written warning
Nikolaj Widenmann
5dar parte
JenHel
3(serious) incident report
Fiona Kirton


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
written warning


Explanation:
Based on your explanation, that's what I would call it.

Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba: me too
22 mins
agree  Dave Pugh
23 hrs
neutral  MarinaM: this would be 'apercibimiento por escrito'
1 day 12 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
admonishment


Explanation:
Una sugerencia.


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=548539
Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
3 mins
  -> Gracias.
agree  Daniel Coria: Yep! This one is not in the sense of "warning", but in the sense of "scolding". See Oxford Spanish Dictionary's ENG-SPA entry on "admonishment" = "amonestación".
15 mins
  -> Ok, thanks.
agree  MarinaM
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Gracias.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(serious) incident report


Explanation:
Might be suitable

Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
To me, this one conveys the idea best. Thanks everyone and particularly fkirton.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
dar parte


Explanation:
I've worked in a Spanish school and this is the expression they used.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-10-03 19:18:00 GMT)
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Sorry! I sometimes get my lines crossed, se me cruzan los cables. Would "Behaviour report" be suitable?

JenHel
Spain
Local time: 21:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 33
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks JenHel, but I'm looking for the term in English! Yes, we also use parte but - at least in my school -amonestación is more serious.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
admonition, reprimand, warning


Explanation:
You can use either of the three since it the accumulation of them that determine what future action will be taken against the student or employee. Admonition and reprimand are more serious, while warning is simply that. The person receiving the warning is aware of the future action, if undesired conduct continues.

Example sentence(s):
  • You've been warned of your conduct unbecoming of a student of your age.
  • This admonition is to advice your of your repeated undesired conduct.
COSME R. COLÓN
United States
Local time: 15:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marisela Hernandez
1 day 13 hrs
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