French term
United Kingdom
The highest professional standards
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
une cause étrangère aux qualités intrinsèques des marchandises
Cette garantie ne couvre pas les - défauts résultant d'une utilisation anormale ou fautive, d'une cause étrangère aux qualités intrinsèques des marchandises, de leur usures; - les dommages et les usures résultant d’une adaptation ou d’un montage spécial ou anormal ou intervenus après l’intervention d’un tiers; - les défauts et leurs conséquences liés à toute cause extérieure.
I thought at first this may be something to do with extraneous causes, but then that appears to be covered by the final exclusion.
I wondered also whether it could mean if the item is used outside its intended purpose, but that would probably be covered by "utilisation anormale". Maybe damage that doesn't affect the intrinsic ability of the item to function? Or....?
| 4 +6 | a cause unrelated to the inherent qualities of the goods |
Tony M
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| 3 -3 | if not used for its normal purpose |
Ben Gaia
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Oct 14, 2019 18:55: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (1): Daryo
Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, Angus Stewart, Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
a cause unrelated to the inherent qualities of the goods
I can see what they might means: not an entirely 'external cause', but a cause that has no direct connection with the inherent characteristics of the item.
| Hmm, maybe I was overthinking this one. That seems simple and logical! |
if not used for its normal purpose
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Tony M
: Yes, but that's already covered by the 'utilisation anormale ou fautive', for which this is close to being a 'standard' translation. / Well, it's closer in meaning to that than to the source expression here.
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They don't mean the same thing.
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AllegroTrans
: your answer is only a subset of the circumstances in Tony's answer
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To an insurance assessor, perhaps. But it embodies the same meaning using "normal" as "intrinsic".
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Daryo
: "translating by statistics" is not a convincing method - "a common clause in such warranties" doesn't prove in any way that it fits for this specific ST
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I meant of course that this phrase is often rendered thus in English.
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