Adrian MM. (X) Jun 20, 2013:

Putting me on the spot Possible breach of site rules 3.4 -3.6, but all the suggestions so far - compensation, benefit, indemnity (ins. expert-suggested), (settlement) payment (Solicitor-suggested), payment of claim are IMO competent and within acceptable parameters. The only one which works in the example *without a def. or indef. art.* and as a verb is compensation/compensate for.

My own dictionary-undriven prefs. would be settlement payment and to make good.

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Richard Green (asker) Jun 20, 2013:

Do you have any suggestions Tom? @Tom,
I'll be re-reading this long translation tomorrow morning prior to delivery back to the client in the afternoon. I was wondering if you have any suggestions for a non-dictionary guided translation of the term?

Christopher Schröder Jun 20, 2013:

I thought insurers paid benefits...

Charlesp Jun 19, 2013:

Tom is absoutely right .Meaning I would have said the same thing (only he expressed it better).

Adrian MM. (X) Jun 19, 2013:

Dictionary driven vs. actual practice The asker also needs to decide whether a dictionary-driven translation of the noun or verb vs. terms of art used in actual insurance practice is needed. There does seem to be a chasm between the two.

rajagopalan sampatkumar Jun 19, 2013:

Richard Green I am in complete agreement with you that, in producing translations, one should ensure that the text is simply not a word to word translation, but maintains the flow in the target language. However, in my view, the correct answer to your question is compensation. How you modify/make use of it in your translation should not affect the validity of the answer.

Richard Green (asker) Jun 19, 2013:

Not acceptable as a glossary entry... I agree that as a glossary entry, a verb is not an acceptable translation of a noun in this instance, but I do feel that this discussion of whether a verb is a more appropriate translation for instances of nouns in the source text is a very valid one. Although my primary aim is to deliver an accurate translation, I also want to deliver one that reads fluidly and naturally.

rajagopalan sampatkumar Jun 19, 2013:

Richard Green The final choice is yours. However, if in the glossary entry 'ersättning' is translated into 'compensate', that will not be acceptable.

Richard Green (asker) Jun 19, 2013:

Exactly Hi SafeTex,
Yes, you have hit the nail on the head, and in fact I have been going through what I have already done of the text this morning to look at where "compensate" is more appropriate - i.e., compensating for a fictitious loss, such as loss of production - and also where "reimburse" is more appropriate - i.e., the costs incurred by the company as a result of what went wrong.
Thank you.

SafeTex Jun 19, 2013:

You perhaps need two + terms Hello Richard Green

The problem may be that you are thinking or looking for one term when in fact you would need two (to be decided)

Insurers pay out claims, they compensate you for lost production but they reimburse the cost of your holiday if the hotel is still under construction
Look at your text again in this light and the rest of it that is not here, and see if this approach helps.
Regards

Adrian MM. (X) Jun 19, 2013:

Noun vs. verb The comment assumes the verb needs to be extrapolated from the noun/substantive. Often ersätta is translatable - in ins. and law - as 'to make good', despite the aversion/ignorance of some trans. agency clients.

Richard Green (asker) Jun 19, 2013:

Noun vs verb In fairness to everyone, my term refers to a noun, while I refer to the verbs in the body of my question, and I think we are all competent enough to know the difference.

In this particular context, I do not find the suggestion of a verb wrong at all in order to achieve the most lucid translation:

"The excess of the advance payment, SEK 32,193, shall be deducted from the compensation which the insurance company may be liable to pay for consequential losses, primarily to compensate for loss of production."