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New Member. Colombian Spanish. Nov 23, 2009. #7. Also avoid both degrees, Engineer and Ingeniero, are not the same, Engineer corresponds to Tecnologo degree in Latin America, so maybe use Ing., as in spanish, but not Eng, Eng reffers to a lower degree... and you don't want for your skills to be underestimated. or just don't use it.
MA is a degree. It stands for Master of Arts. For science and engineering the equivalent is MS: Master of Science. These are post-graduate degrees, typically requiring two years of study plus a thesis, after an undergraduate degree. The more advanced degree title Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) is used in all subjects.
The most common contraction is " engr. ". Google says that " eng. " and " engnrg. " are also possible variants but I've never come across those. You can use " eng. " (yes, you need the period) but better use " engr. ". You may find this ELU question interesting: Contraction for engineer. Share. Improve this answer.
Ing. = ingeniero, engineer. And yes, it appears before the name: Ing. Borgonyon Malasangre IV.
Engineer. Thread starter lolet ... is it right to use the word abbreviation of "engineer" to Eng or Eng ...
Lake George, NY, USA. Spanish -- Guayaquil, Ecuador. Feb 5, 2007. #1. Hola a todos, tengo una duda sobre como debería ser la abreviatura para el título personal "Ingeniero" en inglés. Por ejemplo, si hablo del Señor Smith, sería Sr. Smith, es decir, Mr. Smith en inglés. Pero si hablo del Ingeniero Smith, Ing.
Licenciado just means that the person has a college degree. In English, we don't have an abbreviation that means the same thing. If someone is an engineer, we just say John Doe, an engineer at XYZ company. We don't write Eng. John Doe. Nunca.
A true abbreviation is a shortened form in which the end of the word is dropped: inv. for invoice and eng. for engineer. A suspension is when the middle part of the word is dropped: Hz. for Hertz and Dr. for doctor. Acronyms.
It may be that those who coined "b/w" to mean "between" confused it with "w/o" (meaning "without") and assumed any word can be shortened with a slash. However, "without" at least suggests two separate words ("with out") while "between" does not. The point is that "b/w" does not fit standard shorthand conventions, so there is no reason why ...
More likely, it means "Professional." Someone who is a Professional Engineer (that is, they have a degree, have worked in the field for a specified period of time, and have passed a competency exam) can use the abbreviation "PE" or "Prof. Eng." after their name. We also have "Prof. Arch." for Professional Architects.