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CV headings?

CV headings are generally pretty standard, although the order and what you include might vary, usually according to your experiences, the type of position you are applying for, specific aspects you want to highlight etc.

Here are 4 basic ones and French translations

Employment History
or
Professional Experience

FR ➔ Expérience professionnelle or Compétences professionnelle

Computer skills (or literacy)

FR ➔ Informatique

Education [and training]

FR ➔ Formation

Other Information
or
Interests

FR ➔ Centre d'intérêts or Intérêts

What's on your CV?

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Apparently 'tomorrow' didn't mean exactly that, but glander le weekend à Paris means the last thing I wanted to do was anything work related (or think about going back to university). Anyway.... here are some French terms from 3ème cycle.

Diplôme de Master - In France a Master (mass-tear) is completed in 2 years following a Licence. These Degrees don't generally have acronyms.

EN ➔ Graduate / Master's Degree - Usually a 2-year program following an Undergraduate (Bachelor's) Degree such as an MA (Master of Arts) or an MBA (Master of Business Administration)

The following Diplômes have been replaced with the Diplôme de Master:

DEA - Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (research-based in preparation for a thesis and a Ph.D program)
EN ➔ Predoctoral Fellowship

DESS - Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées (not research-based - preparation for a professional career)
EN ➔ Post-Graduate Diploma

DEST - Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Techniques (not research-based - preparation for a technical career)
EN ➔ Post-Graduate Technical Diploma

Doctorat (dok-tore-ah) - 3-year research-based program taken after a Master's Degree.

EN ➔ Ph.D / Doctorate / Doctoral Degree

Following some of my recent bike commutes to work, I thought about Imperative Forms of Impolite Address for the next 'how to translate', but that would just end up in a redacted document.
Any ideas more relevant to actually finding a job, getting into school or helping your business out...?

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some French terms from 2ème cycle

Licence (lee-sawnce) - Completed in 3 years, although prior to the reorganization of the post-secondary system students would complete a Diplôme in 2 years and then add a specialization in year 3 to be awarded a Licence.

EN ➔ Undergraduate / Bachelor's Degree

AES - Administration Économique et Social
EN ➔ a Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Economics

LEA - Langues Étrangères Appliqués (more focused on business and economic aspect of the country/culture)
EN ➔ a Bachelor of Arts in a specific foreign language, culture or region

LLCE - Langues, Littérature et Civilisations Etrangères (more focused on culture of the country/region)
EN ➔ a Bachelor of Arts in in a specific foreign language culture or region

Tomorrow we'll try a bit of 3ème cycle, but I'm not sure everyone here at LinguaSpirit agrees with my methods... you?

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French University accreditation? (Part 1)

Some Diplômes and Licences in France explain exactly what they are, but others are a puzzle of acronyms.
Here's the start of a brief overview of some of the most common from Universities and post-secondary institutions and their (sometimes rough) English equivalents.

Today we're just putting up the 1èr cycle , which is pretty much any accreditation before obtaining a Bachelor's / Undergraduate degree.

Certificat (sare-tee-fee-ka) - Completed in 1 year.

EN ➔ Certificate

Diplôme (dee-plome) - Completed in 2 years.

EN ➔ Diploma

DU - Diplôme d'Université

EN ➔ University Diploma; Diplomas in North America are usually specific, so indicate your field or specialty

DUT - Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie
2-year technical Diploma
Similar to a Diploma from a technical institute / polytechnic / institute of technology
(similar to a BET - see below - but in different disciplines)
EN ➔ a Technical Diploma in your specific field

DEUG - Diplôme d'Études Universitaire Générale
(This Diploma doesn't exist anymore in France)
EN ➔ basically a General Studies Diploma

BTS - Brevets de Technicien Supérieur
2-year technical Diploma
Similar to a Diploma from a technical institute / polytechnic / institute of technology.
EN ➔ a Technical Diploma in your specific field

Tomorrow we'll get to some stuff from the 2ème cycle.

And email us if you need to know how to translate...

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business entity definitons?

Here are some common ones. This might help you know what they mean and how to get them out in English.
We're really not that interested in the legal distinctions between them (we like languages, remember?), but ask us if you just have to know and we can explain.

Sociétés de Capitaux

➔ Companies
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Société par Actions (Canada)

is the same as

Compagnie (Québec)

➔ JSC - Joint Stock Company
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SA - Société Anonyme

➔ P.L.C. - Public Limited Company (UK)
➔ JSC - Joint Stock Company (United States)
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SAS - Société Anonyme Simplifiée

➔ Simplified Joint Stock Company (United States)
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SARL - Société à Responsabilité Limitée (France)

is the same as

SPRL - Société Privée à Responsabilité Limitée (Belgium)

➔ Ltd. - Private Limited Company (UK)
➔ LLC - Limited Liability Company (United States)
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Société en Commandite par Actions

➔ Partnership Limited by Shares

Let us know any we missed and be sure to email us if we can help you figure out how to translate something or other...