Re: Simple enough for every reader?

On 2025-05-29 11:10:35 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:

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

On 2025-05-27 23:06:14 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
 

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

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

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

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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.

I think superior school has the same problem. It's unlikely to be
clear.

 Everything would be. Often the word "university" is used althogh it
hides the distiction between an "universität" and a "hochschule".

 A university would offer a wide range of degree subjects (certainly
mathematics) and would have PhD (and other post graduate degree)
programs.  I don't know about all the hochschule, but I don't think the
Technische Hochschule Augsburg has either.

The word "university" is often interpreted that way, especially if
not qualified as in "technical university". But it is actally used
for a more specialized schools.
One of the problems of English language (as well as many others) is
that there is no language maintanence organization that would decide
which word should be used for which meaning so that people could
understand each other.
--
Mikko