English-Spanish Glossary - California State University, East Bay

Postsecondary Education

English-Spanish Glossary

July 2006

Glossary Introduction This glossary is maintained and supported by a group of organizations involved in student financial aid and in promoting access to higher education to Hispanics throughout the country: Cuban American National Council, National Association for College Admission Counseling, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, National College Access Network, National Council for Community and Education Partnerships, National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, TG, and the U.S. Department of Education.

These organizations created a workgroup of education, student financial aid, and Spanishlanguage experts, who drew upon and reconciled preexisting glossaries to develop a single, easy-to-use reference tool that could facilitate the creation of more consistent Spanish-language materials about higher education and student financial aid. Use of the glossary is entirely voluntary.

A Word on the Translation Process This glossary uses standard Spanish; consequently, the workgroup strove to avoid anglicisms and "Spanglish," which might not be meaningful to some Spanish speakers. During the glossary's development, however, challenges arose due to variation in education terminology used in different Spanish-speaking countries. Whenever feasible, the glossary seeks to accommodate these variations and to specify the region in which a particular term is used.

There are concepts represented in the glossary that are unique to the American higher education and financial aid systems. Therefore, invention and compromise were required at times when translating terms that describe concepts having no precise equivalent in the education and aid systems of Spanish-speaking countries.

Due to the variety of audiences and situations to which Spanish-language materials are directed, the glossary offers synonyms from different linguistic registers (or levels of formality). When necessary, the glossary also provides contextual and usage notes. Where multiple terms are provided, we trust the translator to use the term that best applies to a specific context and audience.

Finally, in order to communicate a concept accurately, it may be necessary at times to include, in parentheses after the Spanish term, the original English term, or a definition in Spanish. For example: una escuela secundaria (high school, or grades 9-12), una instituci?n postsecundaria de dos a?os (community college).

Annual Review Process Anyone wishing to provide input about the glossary should submit his or her comments to Maria Luna-Torres at maria.luna-torres@ by February 15 of each year. The initiative participants will establish a workgroup annually to evaluate the comments and review the glossary. An updated glossary will be released each year.

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English -A-

A-Number ABA abbreviation ability to pay ability to benefit ability-to-benefit test abuse (of funds) AC Grant academic Academic Competitiveness Grant academic credit academic load academic major academic year accelerate

acceleration acceleration clause accept acceptance letter access account account balance account number account owner account payable account receivable accounting accounting department accredit accreditation accrediting agency (o body) accrual accrue

Spanish

See Alien Registration Number (A-Number). See American Bar Association n. abreviatura n. capacidad de pagar n. capacidad para beneficiarse n. examen de capacidad para beneficiarse n. uso indebido (de fondos) See Academic Competitiveness Grant acad?mico n. Beca para el Fomento de la Competitividad Acad?mica n. cr?dito acad?mico n. carga lectiva n. especializaci?n acad?mica n. a?o acad?mico v. (loan) declarar el vencimiento anticipado (del pr?stamo), declarar (el pr?stamo) vencido anticipadamente n. vencimiento anticipado del pr?stamo n. cl?usula de vencimiento anticipado, cl?usula de aceleraci?n v. aceptar n. (for admissions purposes) carta de admisi?n v. tener acceso a n. cuenta n. saldo de la cuenta n. n?mero de la cuenta n. titular de la cuenta n. cuenta por pagar n. cuenta por cobrar, cuenta a cobrar, cuenta exigible n. contabilidad n. departamento de contabilidad v. acreditar n. acreditaci?n n. agencia (or organismo) de acreditaci?n n. acumulaci?n, devengamiento v. acumular(se), devengar

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accrued interest acoustics acquire (a debt) acronym ACT act Action Programs Action Program Deferment active account active debt active duty actual market value ADA adaptive development addendum additional child tax credit address (permanent mailing address) address book addressee adjudicative body adjusted gross income adjustment administer administrative forbearance admission admission application admission exam admission requirements admission, open Adobe Reader adopted child adoption adoption agency adoption payment adoptive parent advance advance notice

n. intereses acumulados, intereses devengados n. ac?stica v. endeudarse, contraer una deuda n. siglas See American College Test n. (legislation) ley n. Programas Action n. aplazamiento de pago por servicio en el Programa Action n. cuenta activa n. deuda activa n. (military) servicio activo n. valor actual de mercado See American Dental Association. n. desarrollo de la adaptabilidad n. (to promissory note) anexo n. cr?dito tributario adicional por hijos n. direcci?n (direcci?n postal habitual), domicilio (habitual)

n. libreta de direcciones n. destinatario n. entitad jur?dica n. ingreso bruto ajustado n. ajuste v. (program) administrar; (exam) aplicar n. indulgencia por motivos administrativos n. admisi?n n. solicitud de admisi?n n. examen de admisi?n, examen de ingreso universitario n. requisitos de admisi?n n. admisi?n libre n. Lector de Adobe n. hijo adoptivo n. adopci?n n. servicio de adopciones n. pago de asistencia por adopci?n n. padre o madre adoptivo, padres adoptivos v. (payment) anticipar, adelantar; n. anticipo, adelanto n. aviso

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