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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

estudiantado

English translation:

national/international student body

Added to glossary by Sara Koopman
Apr 25, 2012 15:44
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

estudiantado

Spanish to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
as in 'el estudiantado de America Latina'
somehow student body to me in English implies of one particular school - I've just been using the students of L Am, but wondering if there's something better out there.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 student body
4 +7 students
4 +6 student community

Discussion

Sara Koopman (asker) Apr 25, 2012:
it wasn't from a written translation but kept coming up at a conference where there were students from the fabulous student union OCLAE - see their regular use of the term at http://oclaeamericalatina.blogspot.ca/
philgoddard Apr 25, 2012:
Please could you give us the full context, ie at least one full sentence plus the ones before and after it.

Proposed translations

+2
1 hr
Selected

student body

= all the students that belong to a university or college, or, by extension, the whole education system nationwide.
(BTW my European Spanish friends here see it as a rather ungainly form).

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-25 17:15:04 GMT)
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Despite out colleagues' misgivings, "national student body" gets around 4,150,000 google hits... (just saying)

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-25 17:15:19 GMT)
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Despite our...
Peer comment(s):
agree GUR CAKE
7 hrs
Cheers GC ;)
agree anademahomar
1 day 3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I've come to think that estudiantado implies organized students, as many of the uses of national student body also seem to if you google that term - but strangely international student body often seems to refer to international students in the local student body - though there are also google hits of uses of it to refer to international associations of students"
+6
5 mins

student community

An option!

estudiantado.
1. m. Conjunto de alumnos o estudiantes como clase social.
2. m. alumnado.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltObtenerHtml?IDLEMA=33758&NED...

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-04-25 15:52:33 GMT)
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For example:
"student community in the us" 461,000 results http://tiny.cc/covbdw

"student community in the uk" 181,000 results http://tiny.cc/opvbdw
Peer comment(s):
agree Simon Bruni
3 mins
Thanks, Simon
agree Cinnamon Nolan : Also correct.
37 mins
Thanks, Cinnamon :)
agree Charles Davis : I like this, because it conveys the idea of the students as a single collective body (but I wouldn't use "student body"; I agree with the asker on that).
1 hr
Yes, especially given the "student union" context. Thanks, Charles :)
agree teresa quimper
1 hr
Thanks, Teresa :)
agree teju
2 hrs
Thanks, Teju
agree Yvonne Gallagher
6 hrs
Thanks, Gallagy
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+7
28 mins

students

I don't think one solution is necessarily the best in all situations. But I don't see anything wrong with your solution per se. It depends on the context of each sentence. If it's being used a lot in your text I suspect some busybody decided "los estudiantes" is sexist and insisted on what they deem a gender-neutral option, in which case, just pretend it says "los estudiantes" and translate it accordingly. Don't forget "Latin American students" is also an option. As I say, the best solution will depend on the context.
Peer comment(s):
agree Cinnamon Nolan
14 mins
agree philgoddard
20 mins
agree Rafael Molina Pulgar
33 mins
agree Rosa Lazzaroni
3 hrs
agree MollyRose
5 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
6 hrs
agree Marcelo González : sound advice and good option :-)
21 hrs
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