Liberal Studies

Spanish translation: Estudios Liberales

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English term or phrase:Liberal Studies
Spanish translation:Estudios Liberales
Entered by: evadelmar

11:02 Apr 2, 2015
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English term or phrase: Liberal Studies
Estoy traduciendo un título universitario, y a mi cliente se le ha concedido un Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies.
La traducción correcta, a mi parecer, sería Estudios Liberales. Sin embargo, este título se va a presentar en España, y creo que no existe una titulación parecida.
En España está el Grado Universitario en Humanidades, que sería algo parecido, pero he visto que en inglés ya existe un Bachelor of Arts in Humanistics Studies, es decir, es algo diferente a Liberal Studies.


Mi duda es, si lo traduzco como Estudios Liberales, ¿no estaré perjudicando a mi cliente? Supongo que no por ete motivo no le van a convalidar su título...
Gracias
evadelmar
Spain
Estudios Liberales
Explanation:
es verdad que parece más extendido en Latinoamérica que en España (búsqueda en google), pero ya que existe una carrera con esa denominación en países hispanohablantes, parece la mejor opción.
Los estudios liberales no corresponden estrictamente a las humanidades / letras, incluyen también disciplinas de ciencias como geometría o astronomía, la oposición no es ciencias - letras, sino materias prácticas - no:

"The liberal arts (Latin: artes liberales) are those subjects or skills that in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free person (Latin: liberal, "worthy of a free person")[1] to know in order to take an active part in civic life, something that (for Ancient Greece) included participating in public debate, defending oneself in court, serving on juries, and most importantly, military service. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric were the core liberal arts, while arithmetic, geometry, the theory of music, and astronomy also played a (somewhat lesser) part in education.[2]
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For example, Harvard University offers a Master of Liberal Arts degree, which covers biological and social sciences as well as the humanities.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education

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"...freeborn girls were as likely to receive formal education as boys, especially during the Roman Empire—unlike the lack of education, or purely manual/technical skills, proper to a slave.
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4 +4Estudios Liberales
Pablo Cruz
4Artes Liberales
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
3especialidad en letras (asignatura de letras complementaria para aquellos que estudian ciencias )
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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A ver si te sirve
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)

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liberal studies
especialidad en letras (asignatura de letras complementaria para aquellos que estudian ciencias )


Explanation:
♦ liberal studies npl (esp Brit) asignatura de letras complementaria para aquellos que estudian ciencias asignatura de letras complementaria para aquellos que estudian ciencias

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the liberal arts npl (esp US, Univ) las humanidades, las artes liberales

(US, Univ) ( Bachelor of Arts ) Lic. en Fil. y Let.


Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
liberal studies
Estudios Liberales


Explanation:
es verdad que parece más extendido en Latinoamérica que en España (búsqueda en google), pero ya que existe una carrera con esa denominación en países hispanohablantes, parece la mejor opción.
Los estudios liberales no corresponden estrictamente a las humanidades / letras, incluyen también disciplinas de ciencias como geometría o astronomía, la oposición no es ciencias - letras, sino materias prácticas - no:

"The liberal arts (Latin: artes liberales) are those subjects or skills that in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free person (Latin: liberal, "worthy of a free person")[1] to know in order to take an active part in civic life, something that (for Ancient Greece) included participating in public debate, defending oneself in court, serving on juries, and most importantly, military service. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric were the core liberal arts, while arithmetic, geometry, the theory of music, and astronomy also played a (somewhat lesser) part in education.[2]
...
For example, Harvard University offers a Master of Liberal Arts degree, which covers biological and social sciences as well as the humanities.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_arts_education

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"...freeborn girls were as likely to receive formal education as boys, especially during the Roman Empire—unlike the lack of education, or purely manual/technical skills, proper to a slave.

Pablo Cruz
Local time: 19:35
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¡Gracias por tu ayuda!

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agree  lugoben: At York univ-Glendon camp, Canada Liberal Estudies, same format
1 hr
  -> Gracias, saludos...

agree  Charles Davis: Tal cual. A los traductores nos toca traducir, no homologar.
4 hrs
  -> Sí señor. Complicaciones las justas... :-) Buen finde

agree  lorenab23: :-)
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  -> Gracias, buen finde!

agree  JohnMcDove
12 hrs
  -> Vielen Dank!
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
liberal studies
Artes Liberales


Explanation:
Hola Eva:

Yo creo que es lo mismo que Artes Liberales. Te envío un par de enlaces.

Saludos.

Adoración


    Reference: http://www.uai.cl/facultades-y-carreras/facultad-de-artes-li...
    Reference: http://www.guiaestudiantilinternacional.com/articles/liberal...
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
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Reference: A ver si te sirve

Reference information:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/education_pedag...

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
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