attestation d'assurance faite pour servir et valoir ce que de droit

English translation: insurance certificate ; certificate of insurance

10:31 Sep 11, 2000
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French term or phrase: attestation d'assurance faite pour servir et valoir ce que de droit
I have part of an insurance policy to translate and having coped with most of it, I do however have the following MAJOR difficulty. Any experts out there who can give me the English equivalent of the following sentence - "Attestation (d'assurance) faite pour servir et valoir ce que de droit, sans modification de la portée du contrat auquel elle se réfère"
HelenJ
English translation:insurance certificate ; certificate of insurance
Explanation:
Let's get one or two definitions clear first

1 - Attestation d'assurance = insurance certificate (confirming cover but not setting out full policy conditions)

NB attestation d'assurance provisoire (insurance certificate = confirmation of cover = cover note often sent or handed over very rapidly before the full policy is sent out for signature)

2 - pour servir et valoir ce que de droit = to whom it may concern (the certificate may be used to confirm cover to any person or authority who may need to see it). In fact, although this is a common translation of this expression, I am not even that sure that we would put it into an insurance certificate, which obviously has an unknown addressee.


If this is something which appears on the document by way of a caveat, then your sentence could read something like this :

"To whom it may concern : [this] certificate of insurance does not amend the scope of the policy to which it refers".

You probably need to play around with it a bit to make it fit the precsie context but I think this may help you unravel the meaning.

Nikki
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 05:35
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Thanks a lot NikScot! This was very informative - just what a beginner like me needs!
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Summary of answers provided
nainsurance certificate ; certificate of insurance
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
nasee below
Marcus Malabad
na(PS to Nikki's answer)
Heathcliff
naCertificate of insurance ...
Gillian Hargreaves (X)


  

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insurance certificate ; certificate of insurance


Explanation:
Let's get one or two definitions clear first

1 - Attestation d'assurance = insurance certificate (confirming cover but not setting out full policy conditions)

NB attestation d'assurance provisoire (insurance certificate = confirmation of cover = cover note often sent or handed over very rapidly before the full policy is sent out for signature)

2 - pour servir et valoir ce que de droit = to whom it may concern (the certificate may be used to confirm cover to any person or authority who may need to see it). In fact, although this is a common translation of this expression, I am not even that sure that we would put it into an insurance certificate, which obviously has an unknown addressee.


If this is something which appears on the document by way of a caveat, then your sentence could read something like this :

"To whom it may concern : [this] certificate of insurance does not amend the scope of the policy to which it refers".

You probably need to play around with it a bit to make it fit the precsie context but I think this may help you unravel the meaning.

Nikki


    Lex Risque Assurance R�assurance, SPE l'assurance fran�aise
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4638
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Thanks a lot NikScot! This was very informative - just what a beginner like me needs!

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Heathcliff

Louise Atfield
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25 mins
see below


Explanation:
Insurance certificate drawn up to act as and earn a right, without any changes made to the scope of the contract to which it refers.

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in pair: 390

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Louise Atfield
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5 hrs
(PS to Nikki's answer)


Explanation:
The phrase "faite pour servir et valoir ce que de droit" can also be rendered as "issued for all legal purposes" (as it often appears on diplomas and academic degrees). Thus, "This insurance certificate has been issued for all legal purposes, without affecting the scope of the policy to which it refers." -- Just a thought, HC

Heathcliff
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Local time: 20:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 953

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Louise Atfield
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21 hrs
Certificate of insurance ...


Explanation:
... issued to serve and avail when and where required, without modifying the scope of the policy to which it refers.

Just another slight variation but supporting other contributors.


    Lexique: Risque Assurance R�assurance - Lesobre/Sommer/Cave
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
Local time: 04:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 575

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