Ok,

I need to translate my degree title and grade into French.

I have (wait for it)...

A Double First Bachelor of Education in English and Education (Honours) with Qualified Teacher Status.

I've looked (and asked) on Word Reference but a) no-one's replied, and b) they tend to be native speakers from France...

Any ideas?

Why didn't I study something with a simpler title...

Hi V

In the event you need to get the qualifications recognised, try the OPET:

http://www.crus.ch/information-progr...-enic.html?L=2

http://www.bbt.admin.ch/themen/01105/index.html?lang=en

Good luck.

Thanks...

I don't need to get it recognised... long story... been there, almost done that... Looks like I won't be going back to teaching (at least not yet).

I just need to know how to explain what this (useless) qualification is!

Since I'm not British, how would you explain it to me ? What's the difference between Education in English and Education (honours) ?

Ok...

The 'Bachelor of Education' is the type of degree - a BEd (as opposed to a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc). It means my whole degree was focussed on the eventual goal of teaching, as opposed to me studying English for 3 years, getting a BA and then doing a postgraduate teaching qualification.

Then the 'English and Education' is what I studied. Education... because it was an education degree. English means I studied English literature to degree level, but it also means I trained to be an English specialist (in a primary school).

'Honours'... It means it is a good degree! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...classification

And the 'Double First' is an Oxbridge specific thing... when a student gains a first in two different subjects or in both their part 1 and part 2 exams. In my case, it means I got a first in my part 1 tripos (which was mainly in English literature) and also in my part 2 tripos (which was mainly in Education).

I know you didn't ask about the double first, but they're quite rare...

The "double first... with honours" bit could probably be simply translated as "avec mention Très bien dans les deux matières".

"Licence en anglais et pédagogie avec mention Très bien dans les deux matières, assortie d'un diplôme d'enseignant" would convey the meaning. Whether or not it would correspond to anything official is another question though.

Bologna is the key. Your degrees are easy to place on that scale. Just a thing: "secondaire" here means middle school and high school. If it is not the case for your qualification, you'll have to change that adjective to make a better fit.

Bachelor in English = bachelor de littérature anglaise
Bachelor in Education = bachelor de sciences de l'éducation
Teacher's degree = Certification pour l'enseignement secondaire du Royaume Uni.

Thanks... that sounds better than what I had before...

To clarify, I have a meeting with Integration Pour Tous tomorrow, and I just wanted to translate my degree title (reasonably) well... but as I'm not looking to go back into teaching and it isn't recognised here, I don't think it matters too much if they recognise it or not - just so long as they understand what I have!

For the grades, I don't want to crush your dream report, but nobody will value it the same way as in the UK. I read that about 11% of the students get a first, and the mention très bien doesn't come near that %. I would put a transcript of my grades with the scale of grading attached so that people can visualise where you are.

Be carefull: Bachelor is not a "licence" here.

Licence in CH = MASTER.

Switzerland has implemented the Bologna System.
Why not just use "Bachelor" as we use it now in our education system?

Oh you're right, I didn't pay attention. I said myself that Bologna was the key
change made.
One said before "diplome" before the licence, but that disappeared.