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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

AUTORIDAD QUE INTERVIENE

English translation:

authority in attendance (at time of accident)

Added to glossary by Carol Gullidge
Jan 10, 2008 22:57
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

AUTORIDAD QUE INTERVIENE

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Insurance heading in an insurance claim form
This heading comes between

VERSION DEL ACCIDENTE:.....

and

DATOS DE NUESTRO ASEGURADO
NOMBRE.....etc

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I assumed in referred to something like "REPORTING AUTHORITY", but am wondering if it might be something quite different!

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
2 service or authority in attendance at time of accident
4 +4 acting authority
4 ruling authority
3 +1 MEDIATING AUTHORITY
3 +1 competent authority

Discussion

Carol Gullidge (asker) Jan 16, 2008:
Many thanks to everybody! I found this quite hard, as I too had very little to go on... Your efforts are all much appreciated.
AllegroTrans Jan 11, 2008:
Carol, I think it would help here if you could give us all the headings in the order they appear on the form. Also am I right in assuming that it is the claim form completed by the insured hi/herself?
AllegroTrans Jan 11, 2008:
Just a thought but the "European Accident Report Form" (which is blue and supplied by most insurers) is available in all European languages. Unfortunately I don't have a copy. The term might be on it if you could get hold of the Spanish & English versions
Carol Gullidge (asker) Jan 11, 2008:
Unfortunately, I only have the heading. This part wasn't filled in by the Insured - that certainly would have provided a clue or two!

I do agree about more context, but here there simply isn't any! That's the trouble with forms - you get a load of headings and not much more.

I did wonder whether it could refer to the Police who might have attended the scene of the accident, but obviously, in this case, they didn't
AllegroTrans Jan 11, 2008:
Thanks Carol, but as this term could have a nunber of meanings, I think more context is needed. For ex. it could mean the service (fire, police, ambulance) which attended the accident. Has anything been filled in on the claim form that would assist here?
Non-ProZ.com Jan 11, 2008:
Sorry, Allegro, and everybody: Yes this is in a car accident insurance claim form. I didn't realise I hadn't repeated that bit from the previous questions. You guessed right of course!

It's: Description of the accident, then Autoridad que interviene, then Details of our Insured. These are all headings in a claim form.
AllegroTrans Jan 11, 2008:
I really think we need more context. What comes as thr wording within the heading? Is it a claim for a RTA?

Proposed translations

18 hrs
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service or authority in attendance at time of accident

Acting a bit on a hunch, but I cannot see anything to convince me that any of the other answers is correct in context, since there is no "authority" to decide on the claim other than the insurer and at the time of claim there are no legal proceedings in most cases.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lory Lizama : Allegro, I've already posted an answer to your comment on my suggestion, may be such answer could help to clarify a bit more my answer.//Certainly!, I just suggested an answer according to my experience, based on my context. Have a nice weekend!
48 mins
yes ineed, we really need more context, but nobody has said this relates to Mexico!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks Allegro, for all the help! I followed yr advice, looked at the European Accident Report Form, along with a good many others, and came to the conclusion that it's the Police who attended the accident, or the name of the local Police Station Sorry this took so long!"
+4
6 mins

acting authority

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Note from asker:
thanks again, Monica!
Peer comment(s):
agree Nikolaj Widenmann
1 min
Thanks, Windemann! :))
agree Rocio Barrientos
14 mins
Gracias, Rocio!! :))
agree nigthgirl
1 hr
Gracias, nightgirl! :))
agree Roxana Cortijo
12 hrs
Gracias, Roxana! :))
neutral AllegroTrans : This is an accident claim form: who is the acting authority acting for? Can you back up your suggestion?
13 hrs
As you initially mentioned, we need more context but Carol was specific.
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51 mins

ruling authority

This is the expression I usually hear.
Peer comment(s):
neutral AllegroTrans : I do not see how there is a "ruling authority" when an insured person simply fills in an accident claim form for his insurers: doesn't make sense, as the "ruling authority" is ultimately the insurance company
12 hrs
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+1
7 mins

MEDIATING AUTHORITY

Another option.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-01-11 12:56:04 GMT)
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I did not include enough explanation for my answer.

I suggest mediating authority under the assumption that the text is referring to the traffic authority who assigns fault for the assicent, which of course would have an influence on which insurance company pays for the damages.

In Ecuador this would be the autoridad de tránsito in most cities, or even the policía nacional.

In Washington State the State troopers are bound by law to decide fault on the scene, so they would be considered the mediating authority.


Note from asker:
thanks, CuencaTrans!
Peer comment(s):
agree Victoria Porter-Burns : I think 'mediating' works well in this context
10 hrs
neutral AllegroTrans : I do not see how there is a "mediating authority" when an insured person simply fills in an accident claim form for his insurers: doesn't make sense
13 hrs
Since "versión del accidente" appears before this term, I was lead to believe that a mediating authority could be the traffic authority who assigns fault for the accident, which certainly does have an effect on many forms of coverage. Make sense now? :)
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+1
5 mins

competent authority

Could be.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2008-01-11 17:42:22 GMT)
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Allegro, regarding your last comment on my suggestion... Not necessarily, in México, for instance, such determination on the liability of the parties may also be made by a police expert at the site of the accident.
Note from asker:
thanks, Lory!
Peer comment(s):
agree Paola Grochi
6 hrs
Gracias, Paola.
neutral AllegroTrans : Anything to back this up? Otherwise shouldn't this be a CL of 1?///surely the competent authority on liability is either a Court, or if no proceedings are issued, the insurer/s
13 hrs
Since there's not much context, I thought it may refer to the authority entitled to act in this case, i.e., the competent authority, in charge of deciding upon the responsibility of the each person involved in the accident
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