It's admittedly a bit long-winded, but I think the "VIE" acronym has to remain in French, as it is the official title of this specifically French international business programme.

I would include the English explanation of "international business programme" for clarity.

It should be noted that VIE (or VIA (volontariat international en administration) participants aren't 'volunteers' or 'interns' in the usual English sense of the word - they receive a salary for their work.

See short discussion here: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=363299

Hope this helps!

www.uccife.org/.../international.../volunteer-for-international-experience.html

www.airbus.com/work/graduates/vie/

Hello,

V.I.E. = volontaire (ou volontariat) international en entreprise. Voir Web.Ref.1. La notion d'entreprise doit donc apparaître dans la traduction proposée: International Volunteers in Business (IVB).

I've struggled with this one in the past myself, and I ended up going with what the Ubifrance US site uses: they translate the VIE program as "French International Internship program" (whereas on the UK site they don't even translate it, I assume it's well-known enough there). So depending on your audience you could just use V.I.E.s if it's a concept people are familiar with. If you're not sure or if it's more likely to be a US audience, I would still keep V.I.E and put "French International Intern" in parentheses. I've also added the term postgraduate at times to make it clear that these are university graduates: "V.I.E. (International postgraduate intern)."

As nice as the direct translation to "Volunteer for International" experience is, unless it's on a site like the one listed above that can explain what it is, I personally find the use of the term volunteer way too misleading. So I would stay away from that one if there's no explanation in the text.