Re: Simple enough for every reader?

On 2025-05-26 23:21:27 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:

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

On 2025-05-26 00:56:22 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
 

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

On 2025-05-25 01:09:59 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
 

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

On 2025-05-23 13:21:21 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
 

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.

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.

That does not mean that every college is.

I don't know what point you are making anymore.  For someone like me who
does not know exactly what a "hochschule" is, "college" is a good
translation as it is a general term.  It may not be specific enough for
some purposes but it can't be wrong.

 A translation that is good enough for you is not good enough for
everybody.

 Absolutely agree.
 

The term "college" does not imply a level of ambition any grater than that
of the least ambitious college.

 That seems odd to me.  I don't think that's how the term is interpreted
in many English speaking countries.  Maybe the Colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge have influenced how people here react to the term?

Everything that is called a "college" has. Perhaps Oford and Combridge
has the greatest effect to some people here but not all.

The term "hochschule" does.

 But it's an almost unknown term in the UK so it conveys almost nothing
to most English speakers.

Therefore some translation is desidered. The term "superior scool" at
least suggests a scool. ALthough the exact meaning of "superior" may
be unclear people probably have some idea of the intended meaning and
that may be sufficient for many purposes.

Mind you, all I know if the ambition of the institution in question is
that it allows nonsense to be taught, albeit as a entirely optional
course.  That particular hochschule does not seem to be taking academic
integrity very seriously.

Maybe the idea is that an exposure to nonsense helps students to learn
to identify nonsense when they see it.
--
Mikko