"atropellamiento dejando lesiones"

English translation: struck/run over by a car resulting in soft-tissue lesions (bruises, cuts, abrasions, etc.)

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Spanish term or phrase:	atropellamiento dejando lesioness
English translation:	struck/run over by a car resulting in soft-tissue lesions (bruises, cuts, abrasions, etc.)
Entered by:	R.J.Chadwick (X)

04:21 Jul 5, 2002

Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical

Spanish term or phrase: "atropellamiento dejando lesiones"

This term is found in a medical report. It states, "sufrio un accidente automovilistico en (la fecha) por atropellamiento dejando lesiones de tejidos blandos..."

Liz LaBorne

... run over and left with mild abrasions ...

Explanation:
"(S/he) was run over in an automobile accident which left him/her with mild abrasions"

Run over" is the usual term for what happens to a pedestrian in a traffic accident -- even when they have only been knocked down (i.e. not literally run over).

I assume that "tejidos blandos" refers to "mild (skin) abrasions".

Even though this is a fairly free translation I believe it may capture the intended sense of the original.

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\"bruise\" does not backtranslate as \"tejido\":-

bruise
1 (n)
(on person) cardenal m; moretón m esp LAm;
(on fruit) maca f; magulladura f;
2 (vt)
(leg etc) magullar; amoratar esp LAm;
(fruit) magullar; dañar;
(fig; feelings) herir;
3 (vi) I ~ easily
(lit) me salen cardenales {or} moretones con facilidad;
(fig) me siento herido por cualquier cosa;

-The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 1998 HarperCollins Publishers

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I experience a certain embarrassment about this, because I now feel that \"tejido\" and \"tejido blando\" may be medical terms meant to cover any kind of light wound such as bruising, abrasion, etc.

There must be a native speaker of Spanish out there with medical/anatomical knowledge who can put their finger on this straight away.

\"Wounds\" in English connotes something more than a bruise or abrasion or small cut. But \"lesions\" in its medical sense is very general.

What about \"soft tissue lesions\"?

Selected response from:

R.J.Chadwick (X)
Local time: 22:39

Grading comment

Thank you R.J. Chadwick!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +10

... run over and left with mild abrasions ...

R.J.Chadwick (X)

4 +2

knocked down, leaving lesions

Rowan Morrell

4 +2

..struck by a vehicle, causing ... lesions...

Sean Lyle

with a shock leaving lesions

Thierry LOTTE

... the impact/collision caused lesions of the soft tissues

Mirelluk

4 -2

outrage outcomig in hurts

Juan Viloria

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

outrage outcomig in hurts

Explanation:
or damage.

it's just an idea.

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or outrage resulting in injures

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excuse me, it is injuries.

Juan Viloria
Local time: 10:39
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 29

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

knocked down, leaving lesions

Explanation:
"Atropellar" can mean "to knock down" or "to run over". So I think that the person has been knocked down by a car, which has left some soft tissue lesions. Hence, I would translate this as "He/she was knocked down by an automobile on [date], leaving soft tissue lesions ..."

Oxford Spanish (Spanish-English, English-Spanish) Dictionary

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 339

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

... run over and left with mild abrasions ...

R.J.Chadwick (X)
Local time: 22:39
PRO pts in pair: 218

Grading comment

Thank you R.J. Chadwick!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Russell Gillis: or mild injuries

8 mins

-> Thank you for your support

agree

elenali

38 mins

-> Thank you

agree

Intergraf: or "hit by a car" in lieu of "run over" - I'd stick with "soft tissue lesions/injuries" though, since it doesn't say "abrasiones"...

1 hr

-> You are probably right. Just what does "tejidos" mean here? "Abrasions" are superficial tissue wounds over a significant area -- as opposed to "cuts" for example.

agree

Sam D (X)

1 hr

-> Thank you

agree

Sheila Hardie

5 hrs

-> thank you

agree

swani (X): run over by a car, leaving bruises

7 hrs

-> Thank you for your comment -- but "bruise" does not back-translate as "tejido (blando)"

agree

Maria: yes, but agree with Intergraf, I would just leave it as "injuries" as it does not specify otherwise

8 hrs

-> But it does specify the kind of wound -- i.e. "tejidos blandos"

agree

markaqui: lesiones can be as general as "injuries"

9 hrs

-> Thank you for your comment -- except that the kind of injury is specified (i.e. "tejidos blandos"

agree

x-Translator (X)

10 hrs

-> thank you

agree

Guillermina Canale

10 hrs

-> thank you

agree

Paul Mably (X)

11 hrs

-> thank you

disagree

Sean Lyle: "Tejido blando" should be translated directly into English as "soft tissue": I'll give a fuller answer below.

12 hrs

-> I am inclined to agree with you (given further confirmation) -- thus by "soft tissue injuries" a generic meaning might be intended to cover "bruising", "abrasions" etc.

35 mins confidence:

with a shock leaving lesions

Explanation:
another solution

Thierry LOTTE
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 67

3 hrs confidence:

... the impact/collision caused lesions of the soft tissues

Explanation:
or. In the impact/collision due to the car accident, the patient suffered lesions to the soft tissues.

Mirelluk
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:39
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 48

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

..struck by a vehicle, causing ... lesions...

Explanation:
...suffered a traffic accident on (date)in which he/she(?) was struck by a vehicle, causing soft tissue lesions...

"soft tissue" includes muscle and organs, (as in, for example, "soft tissue tumours") as opposed to bony structures, so the injuries could easily be life-threatening.

As this is a medical report the language is rather formal, hence I would go for "traffic accident", "struck", and "vehicle" in the translation.

As for the "atropello" bit, the action is almost any kind of violent, fast, irresistible force that pushes you out of your place or your own line of movement, either in fact or metaphorically, and you can even do it to people when you are on foot! If a car or vehicle hits you with sufficient force to give you lesions, you will probably fall over, so I think that "struck" covers the event sufficiently: "run over" and "knock down" feel too informal for me.

I would avoid "struck down", because that would sound too much like an act of God!

"dejar" doesn't have to be translated with too much of an idea of "leaving", because it is also used to mean "produce" or "yield", when talking, for example, about profits in a commercial context.

I hope all this verborrhoea helps!

Sean Lyle
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 63

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