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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Science & IT

Tecnical q no. 1: first-grade qualification (your help needed!)

Dear All,

I've just visited a website of a Chinese company and this is what I've found:

The company is in posession of:
  • First-grade qualification for general contracting in smelting works
  • First-grade qualification for general contracting in housing construction
  • First-grade qualification for general contracting in petrochemical engineering
  • First-grade qualification for general contracting in municipal works
  • First-grade qualification for general contracting in mechanical & electrical equipment installation
  • First-grade qualification for special contracting in architectural decoration work
  • First-grade qualification for special contracting in steel structure work
  • First-grade qualification for special contracting in furnace works


My questions are:
  1. Is it correct to say: first-grade qualification or should the word qualification be substituted by certificate?
  2. Should first-grade qualification be followed by in or for?
  3. Should general contracting be followed by in or for or of?


Thank you so much!
  

Top answer

My first and main concern here is the phrase 'First-grade qualification'. Does this refer to some specific qualification? If so, you should instead use the actual name of the qualification.

— Clive

  • My first and main concern here is the phrase 'First-grade qualification'.
  • Does this refer to some specific qualification?
  • If so, you should instead use the actual name of the qualification.
  • Usually, a company does not have a qualification.
  • Its owners or employees have qualifications.
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My first and main concern here is the phrase 'First-grade qualification'. Does this refer to some specific qualification? If so, you should instead use the actual name of the qualification.

Usually, a company does not have a qualification. Its owners or employees have qualifications.

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Thanks,

Here's the thing. Apparently in China the government grants "qualifications" that are like certificates... but the word certificate doesn't really serve the purpose...
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To a person or to a company?
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CliveTo a person or to a company?
companies
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What is the common English term that is used? Can you expect the reader to understand the Chinese system?

Clive
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I'd rarther use the word certificate but apparently it doesn't carry the "weight" or "importance" ... I have visited 10 different websites of 10 different Chinese companies and all of them use first grade qualification... I have no idea what word I could use to substitute the term
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Well, if everybody is using that term successfully, why don't you?

Clive
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well, this is my primary concern...
  1. Should first-grade qualification be followed by in or for?
  2. Should general contracting be followed by in or for or of?
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well, this is my primary concern...
  1. Should first-grade qualification be followed by in or for?
  2. Should general contracting be followed by in or for or of?
Preposition choice is often rather subjective. I'd choose in + for.
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Thanks Clive, thanks for your effort and help.
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