Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English英语 term or phrase:
schools of instruction
Chinese汉语 translation:
系
English英语 term
中国大陆
schools of instruction
虽然第一州立银行和信托公司没有选择EMC的统一存储，但匹兹堡技术学院（PTI）选择了EMC。PTI是一家私立职业学院，在宾夕法尼亚州西部地区***有两处场地***。它通过七所****学校，为2000多名学生提供准学士学位和证书课程。 .
另外，感觉with two locations 的处理很不好。原本处理成“有两个分校”，但一看到后面的seven schools of instruction，又觉得意思上有冲突。
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Ambrose Li
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| 5 +1 | 学院 |
Catherine Chen
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| 4 | 两处校园 or 校区 / 教学系统 |
jarv95888
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Non-PRO (1): Ambrose Li
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Proposed translations
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Works in: English英语, Cantonese (Yue Chinese)译成English英语, Chinese汉语译成English英语
学系
在专上学院，有时“学系”会叫做“school”, 例如 school of medicine, school of optometry. PTI 的七个 school 是 Building Technology, Business, Criminal Justice, Design, Healthcare, Nursing 和 Technology, 明显是指学系而不是学校/地点
两处校园 or 校区 / 教学系统
As for "schools of instruction," I think we can generalize it in Chinese as 教学系统. If the 系统 is big enough, then we can have it as 部门， 系所， or even 学院 like an ordinary college or university.
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Note added at 46 mins (2011-03-14 18:51:27 GMT)
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不建议用”分校“， 一般大学的分校是以学院为划分，四个学院（college of law, college of business, college of medicine, etc.) 以上才能改制晋升为大学(university)。PTI 的七个系所可能都不够组成一个学院（一个学院也需多个学系才行）。所以，用校园或校区会较适当。
| 谢谢！另一个问题我用了你的“校区”。但分数只能给一人，望见谅！ |
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Ambrose Li
: Yes, 校园 is a much better translation. I don’t think these private career colleges will ever become universities; they are using the word “school” probably just to make their school feel big.
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Native in: Chinese汉语 (Variants: Simplified, Traditional)
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学院
school of instruction: 我觉得字面上可以理解为“教学单位”，译过来的话，也就是我们平时说的“学院”，这样读者会比较好理解。
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Note added at 6 hrs (2011-03-15 00:24:17 GMT)
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一般外国的大学里面的分科都是用school为单位的，也就是综合大学里的“学院”或者小一点的大学的“系”。但是“系”一般用在单一学科的大学里，比如医科大学里的可以叫“医学系”、“药学系”
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Lau Wei Tsinn
: 学院 is more generic as compared with 学系, which fits in better with the English source. As for the reply on 2 campuses, I would agree with Ambrose on the use of 两处校园
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Discussion
不知各位有没有看到这句话： This is what we teach:
所以，schools of instruction是“教学课目”、“系”的意思。在实际翻译时，没必要翻译得“教学课目”那么细，译成“系”很合适。即七个系的2000余名学生。
PTI 是一所职业学校，只有课程没有学系。我找到几个网页可供参考：
http://wiki.answers.com
/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_a_college_and_university
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College#United_States
我对 jarv95888 的评语基本上是认同的，只是无法接受 “教学系统” (也不认同大学一定要有四个学院，除非这是美国的规定)。
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,si...
http://www.pti.edu/programs/what-we-teach.html
看来 seven schools of instruction不是七个教学课目或系，而是指Pittsburgh Technical Institute 下设的七所学校。