sinistre

English translation: damage, claim

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French term or phrase:sinistre (assurance)
English translation:damage, claim
Entered by: Guereau

12:41 May 16, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance / insurance
French term or phrase: sinistre
insurance contract. Should I translate as "occurrence" or "accident"?
Justice Olsson
France
Local time: 14:12
damage or claim
Explanation:
A "sinistre" is a damage (to be compensated) from the insurer's point of view.
Il is also a claim because a "sinistre" exists only when the policyholder sends a claim, and an occurence, an accident or a loss.

Drawn from translating experience, LGDT and "L'anglais des assureurs" (Luce James, Belin Éditeur).

HTH
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Guereau
France
Local time: 14:12
Grading comment
Thanks! In the end, I varied the translation according to the context, sometimes I translated as "damage", sometimes as "damage claim".
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6damage or claim
Guereau
5accident
Arthur Borges
4 +1incident
RHELLER
4loss or claim
Paul Stevens
4disaster
clarb


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
accident


Explanation:
you need a term that suggests _damage_ that hopefully entitles the policyholder to _compensation_.

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 21:12
PRO pts in category: 12
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
incident


Explanation:
another possibility

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 07:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
52 mins
  -> merci Nikki
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
damage or claim


Explanation:
A "sinistre" is a damage (to be compensated) from the insurer's point of view.
Il is also a claim because a "sinistre" exists only when the policyholder sends a claim, and an occurence, an accident or a loss.

Drawn from translating experience, LGDT and "L'anglais des assureurs" (Luce James, Belin Éditeur).

HTH

Guereau
France
Local time: 14:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! In the end, I varied the translation according to the context, sometimes I translated as "damage", sometimes as "damage claim".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Florence Bremond
1 min

agree  Anna Beria
12 mins

agree  Erika Pavelka (X)
15 mins

agree  EWKA
17 mins

agree  GILOU: absolument
19 mins

agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: "Claim". When talking insurance generally, it may be referred to as an "incident". It is most likely that "claim" would work, but we need more context to be sure. "Damage" without the article by the way, and I would also include "loss" alongside "damage".
52 mins
  -> Most of the time (98%), it is damage, claim, loss, and not much else. I haven't seen "incident" in automotive insurance, BTW (my point of experience).
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
loss or claim


Explanation:
Which one to use will depend on precisely how/where the word is used.

Normally, if it is an insured putting in a "claim" for a loss, that would be the word to use. Otherwise, without knowing the context, I would probably plump for "loss" especially if it is a list of losses that the insurers have on record for a particular insured.

The words occurrence, accident and damage would not normally be the correct translation for this word in an insurance context.

More details would assist the pinpointing of the correct answer.

Paul Stevens
Local time: 13:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 130
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
disaster


Explanation:
disaster area

clarb
Local time: 09:12
Native speaker of: Native in Haitian-CreoleHaitian-Creole, Native in FrenchFrench
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