Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Aufgrund dieser Prüfung verleiht die
English translation:
in recognition of the fulfillment of the examination requirements..
German term
Germany
Law, Finance and Business Professional
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Aufgrund dieser Prüfung verleiht die
I am looking for the most elegant way of translating this phrase:
Aufgrund dieser Prüfung verleiht die Fachhochschule Köln ihm den akademischen Grad Diplom-Ingenieur.
(before it says Herr xyz .. hat am xx.xx. 2010 die Diplomprüfung in der Fachrichtung YY mit Erfolg abgelegt)
Danke / Thank you
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Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
in recognition of the fulfillment of the examination requirements..
Cologne University of Applied Sciences
has conferred upon X
in recognition of the fulfillment of the examination requirements,
the degree of
Y
Or:
By virtue of successful completion of this examination, Cologne University of Applied Sciences confers the academic degree of X upon the examinee
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AllegroTrans
: yes, but "fulfilment" is the European spelling
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That's fine. Thanks, AllegroTrans!
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: Now, that is nicely put!// Yes, well all of our knowledge comes from somewhere, obscure or obvious. It's still noteworthy when we come up with it.
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Thanks, Ramey. But in this case, all I had to do is look at my own degree certificate..
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Trudy Peters
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Thank you, Trudy!
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mill2
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Steffen Walter
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Usch Pilz
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United States
ATA certified, software engineer
Native in: German , English
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
With the satisfactory completion of the requirements through examination .... confers the
The University of XXX awards n the diploma is admitted to the degree of...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-10-16 21:57:30 GMT)
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Sorry I meant to write The University of xxx awards n the diploma/ admits n to the degree of....
I am out of practice in answering these questions. Renata must decide whether she wants to use the term degree or diploma.
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AllegroTrans
: the diploma is admitted to the degree of...? surely it's the candidate who is admitted? this is quite confusing wording
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See above.
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Michael Martin, MA
: They have phased them out now but Dipl Ing used to be equivalent to a Master's degree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_degree
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Thanks for the update. I was unable to work for most of last year and the beginning of this so I was not aware of this change.
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Discussion
they forgot to mention that the results of tests count - not the test itself