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egzamin dojrzalosci

English translation: High School Final exam(s)

23:29 Mar 24, 2002
Polish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Polish term or phrase: egzamin dojrzalosci
swiadectwo dojrzalosci
Akilegna
Local time: 07:32
English translation:High School Final exam(s)
Explanation:
you can make it plural or singular, depending on what you want to capture.
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Lota
United States
Local time: 03:02
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1High School Final exam(s)
Lota
4 +1graduation exam
wojtekl (X)
5high school exam / high school certificate
Ensor
5school-leaving final examination(s)
Martina Schwartz
4high school exit exam or General Equivalency Degree
Kasprzycki
4 -1school- leaving certificate
Nicolay


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
High School Final exam(s)


Explanation:
you can make it plural or singular, depending on what you want to capture.


Lota
United States
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 839
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  makary: This is fine, but just in the US context.
9 hrs
  -> well. the document is in Polish. So the translation has to state what it is, rather than assign it any country-specific meaning. It is a high-school exam that happens to take place at the end of high-school. Thus it is a final exam.
agree  Ivona McCormick
18 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
school- leaving certificate


Explanation:
swiadectwo dojrzalosci - school- leaving certificate.
Look at: http://www.bartleby.com/224/1432.html
"...A school-leaving certificate, open to all secondary school pupils, would also serve as qualification for admission to the university".
http://www.askoxford.com/dictionary/school1
"school leaver person - who has just left school"

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Note added at 2002-03-25 00:28:53 (GMT)
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egzamin dojrzalosci - school-leaving exam(s).

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Note added at 2002-03-25 00:58:41 (GMT)
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Library of Congress (http://catalog.loc.gov/ )for \"Final exam(s)\" and \"school-leaving exam(s)\" gives more than 10000 answers both.



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Note added at 2002-03-25 01:09:09 (GMT)
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Library of Congress (http://catalog.loc.gov/ )for \"Final exam(s)\" and \"school-leaving exam(s)\" gives more than 10000 answers both.



Nicolay
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lota: the term involves "egzamin" a kontekstem jest swiadectwo dojrzalosci.
2 mins
  -> Look below. Soory, above - my note add at 2002-03-25 00:28:53 (GMT). Thanks.
agree  maciejm
22 hrs
  -> Thank you.
disagree  cquest: to można dostać bez zdania matury
5439 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
graduation exam


Explanation:
ex: high school graduation exam

wojtekl (X)
PRO pts in pair: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  slavist
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
high school exam / high school certificate


Explanation:
Jezeli chodzi o 'egzamin', wtedy 'exam' lub 'examination'.
Jezeli o 'swiadectwo', no to 'certificate'.


    own experience
Ensor
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 716
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
school-leaving final examination(s)


Explanation:
or high school final exam(ination)

Martina Schwartz
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in pair: 153
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
high school exit exam or General Equivalency Degree


Explanation:
high school exit exam or GED

Kasprzycki
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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