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Spanish term

Penelope Hierons

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de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Insurance Civil liability

Hi everyone

I am translating an insurance contract and I have the following paragraph about what is covered by the civil liability policy:

La responsabilidad civil subsidiaria del Asegurado por los trabajos que, por cuenta del mismo y relacionados con la Actividad Asegurada, efectúen contratistas o subcontratistas, siempre que éstos no tengan relación de dependencia con el Asegurado y de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia.

My problem is interpreting the very last part,

de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Penny

Proposed translations (English)

4 +6	whose services it uses in the course of its own business	philgoddard
3 +1	whose activity the latter makes use of in the performance of their own	Nikki Graham
4 -1	whose activity the Insurer recurrs to in the performance of its own	Patricia ONeill

Discussion

Sergio Kot Feb 27, 2013: No worries The thought that the asegurado might be a company eluded me. For some reason, my thinking was fixed on an individual.
Nikki Graham Feb 27, 2013: So sorry I answered you comment in a hurry and wasn't paying attention, because I do, naturally, know the difference between asegurado and asegurador. The Insured is also likely to be a company, in my opinion, so it still won't be his, but I admit we haven't been provided with enough context to establish that with utter certainty.
Sergio Kot Feb 27, 2013: Aclaration As I understand it, the "Asegurado" (the insured) recurrs to the services of... in the course of his own activities ("ejercicio de la suya propia"), meaning in the course of the activities of the "Asegurado", and not the of the "Asegurador" (the insurer). Thus, "his own activities". Unless I am missing something here...

Proposed translations

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philgoddard

United States

8791 answers

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whose services it uses in the course of its own business

Or for the purposes of, or in the exercise of.
I don't think you can translate "actividad" as "activity" here.

Peer comment(s):

agree	James A. Walsh 32 mins
agree	Charles Davis : Very nice solution 51 mins
agree	Clara Nino 52 mins
agree	Nikki Graham : This does indeed sound lovely. However, it might not be a business which is insured here, but a specific activity. We need more context perhaps. 1 hr
agree	Billh : yup good 1 hr
agree	AllegroTrans 7 hrs

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks!"

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Nikki Graham

United Kingdom

3195 answers

Native in English

Works in field

whose activity the latter makes use of in the performance of their own

whose activity (i.e. of the contractors and subcontractors) the latter (i.e. the Insured) makes use of in the performance of their own (activity).

Not sure I like "makes use of" much. Perhaps "avail" (although not a fan of this word) or "benefit from" would be better. However, I'm sure this will give people something to improve upon!

By the way, wouldn't that be public liability rather than civil liability?

Peer comment(s):

agree	Sergio Kot : In the performance of his own - The performance of the "asegurado" 1 hr
	I think the insurer is likely to be a company, so "his" would not be appropriate

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1 hr

Patricia ONeill

629 answers

Native in Spanish

Specializes in field

whose activity the Insurer recurrs to in the performance of its own

Another option.

Peer comment(s):

agree	Sergio Kot : the insured recurrs to in the performance of his own 58 mins
disagree	philgoddard : It's recur, not recurr, and it means happen again. You probably mean has recourse to. 2 hrs
disagree	AllegroTrans : incorrect spelling and usage 10 hrs

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Spanish term or phrase:

de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia

English translation:

whose services it uses in the course of its own business

Spanish term

de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia

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whose services it uses in the course of its own business

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whose activity the latter makes use of in the performance of their own

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whose activity the Insurer recurrs to in the performance of its own

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Glossary entry (derived from question below)

Spanish term or phrase:

de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia

English translation:

whose services it uses in the course of its own business

Spanish term

de cuya actividad éste se sirva en el ejercicio de la suya propia

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whose services it uses in the course of its own business

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whose activity the latter makes use of in the performance of their own

Something went wrong...

whose activity the Insurer recurrs to in the performance of its own

Something went wrong...

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