Re: Simple enough for every reader?

Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> writes:

On 2025-05-23 13:21:21 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
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WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de> writes:
 

On 21.05.2025 03:17, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de> writes:
 

On 20.05.2025 02:50, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

WM <wolfgang.mueckenheim@tha.de> writes:

 

I am one of the few Professors worldwide who do teach the correct view of
infinity (if actual infinity exists at all).

Fortunately it's an optional course (at least it was) and your college

It is not a college but the Technische Hochschule Ausgsburg (THA).

Why is college (or maybe technical college) not a good translation of
that term?
 

According to my dictionaries Colleges are parts of universities, but also
institutions not offering degrees attended by secretaries or
hairdressers. According to this translation the Technische Hochschule
Augsburg consists of several colleges. But the faculty of general studies
covers the full university of applied sciences. All students can attend my
courses.

Your dictionary is very odd.  In common English usage some colleges are
parts of universities and some are not.  Some award degrees and some
don't.  Some offer PhD studies and some don't.  I don't know what
hairdressers have to so with it.

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The point is that as a college can be significanlty less ambitious as
a superior school and in particular the Tehcnische Hochschule Augsburg
the word "college" is not a good translation of "hochschule".

A college can be very ambitious.  King's College London is a degree
awarding institution with extensive post graduate programs.  A college
can also be very focused like the Royal College of Surgeons.  To my mind
it's good translation for an institution that does not offer a wide
range of subjects and does not have many (or any) PhD programs.

--
Ben.