Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Zweitfach
English translation:
minor / minor subject
Added to glossary by
Jonathan MacKerron
Aug 16, 2007 08:13
16 yrs ago
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German term
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Zweitfach
German to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
stands alone in a table heading, context is university studies in German - thanks in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +4 | minor / minor subject |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 | Subsidiary subject |
Patricia Will
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Proposed translations
+4
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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103
Selected
minor / minor subject
possible, if UK audience
[PDF] Disciplinary Barriers between the Social Sciences and Humanities ...Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
(90 credit points) and a Minor Subject (30 credit points), ... „Zweifachkombination bei gleichem KP-Umfang im Erst- und Zweitfach“ (Variante I), ibid. ...
www.york.ac.uk/res/researchintegration/National_Report_Germ...
[PDF] Disciplinary Barriers between the Social Sciences and Humanities ...Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
(90 credit points) and a Minor Subject (30 credit points), ... „Zweifachkombination bei gleichem KP-Umfang im Erst- und Zweitfach“ (Variante I), ibid. ...
www.york.ac.uk/res/researchintegration/National_Report_Germ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Steffen Walter
: "major (subject)" and "minor (subject)" are also used in the US. See example @ http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/college/major/index.html
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
4 hrs
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| agree |
Julia Lipeles
5 hrs
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| agree |
Paul Cohen
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
28 mins
Subsidiary subject
At Glasgow University we referred to subsidiary subjects.
Just another option.
Just another option.
Example sentence:
Principal Honours in Economics with a subsidiary language ... Department of Economics, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8RT ...
Netscape 4 users follow this link. The University of Exeter ... Single Honours students can take a subsidiary subject, choosing from a wide range of .
Reference:
www.gla.ac.uk/departments/economics/undergraduatestudy/degreeprogrammes/ -
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/modern_languages/index.
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