Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
Εκπαιδευτήριο
English translation:
School, College
Greek term
Εκπαιδευτήριο
Πρέπει να στύβω διαρκώς το μυαλό μου για να βρω μια πληκτική, αξιοπρεπώς αμειβόμενη απασχόληση και να γράφω αυτά τα γλοιώδη στις αιτήσεις των Εκπαιδευντηρίων Παντουβάκη, "Πόσο θα ήθελα να προσφέρω τις γνώσεις μου γύρο από τη φωτογραφία σε παιδιά του δημοτικόυ."
The opening is perfectly clear - the confusion begins with 'γλοιώδη' - I know what the adjective means, but is the word here functioning as an adjective, or as a noun? In the former case, what noun is it modifying?
2) Why is the genitive plural of Εκπαιδευντήριο capitalised?
Later on in the book it becomes clear that Pantouvakis is a person, so problem there either... but I'm not sure as to the meaning of 'στις αιτήσεις'... is the narrator writing something in a request, or answering one (on the part of Mr. Pantouvakis?) If anyone whose modern Greek is better than mine (99% of Greek speakers, I expect) could help me to make sense of this, I'd appreciate it!
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Spiros Doikas
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Eleftheria Dekavalla
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d_vachliot (X)
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Jul 15, 2008 14:30: Maria Karra changed "Term asked" from "Εκπαιδευντήριο" to "εκπαιδευτήριο" , "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO" , "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "Education / Pedagogy"
Jul 15, 2008 14:31: Maria Karra changed "Term asked" from "εκπαιδευτήριο" to "Εκπαιδευτήριο"
Jul 21, 2008 22:29: Spiros Doikas Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Evi Prokopi (X), d_vachliot (X)
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Proposed translations
Dip. Trans. IoL (En-Gr)
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, Greek, and 7 more.
School, College
http://www.google.gr/search?q=Εκπαιδευτήρια&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-...
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-15 12:07:02 GMT)
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Εκπαιδευτήρια Διαμαντόπουλου, Diamandopoulos School.
www.diamandopoulos-school.gr/
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Kommunikation ohne Grenzen
Native in: Greek
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School
Γλοιώδη hier is an adjektive, the noune is missing. It could probably be γλοιώδη πράγματα.
I don t know, if I understood the context, but I think the narrator is looking for a job, isnt he? So, I think, he writes these "γλοιώδη". Perhaps the Εκπαιδευτήρια Παντουβάκη have their own application forms and the narrator has to fill them, in order to apply for a job? It depends on the context.
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Evi Prokopi (X)
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School
2. It is capitalised because it is a title, i.e. "Εκπαιδευτήρια Παντουβάκη", Pantouvaki(s) School, as in Costeas-Geitonas School, Arsakeio etc etc http://www.cgs.gr/
3. Γλοιώδη is an adjective used as a noun, i.e. γλοιώδη (πράγματα.) In other words, he didn't really like the things he had to write in his application form. For more information, http://www.media.uoa.gr/language/grammar/pdf_files/GG20_9208...
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Evi Prokopi (X)
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Thank you, Evi:-)
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