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Glossary entry

Croatian term or phrase:

Van-prometna nezgoda

English translation:

non-traffic accident

Added to glossary by Dylan Edwards
Apr 29, 2004 11:42
20 yrs ago
Croatian term

Van. prom. nezgoda

Croatian to English Medical Medical (general)
This is on a doctor's report headed "Nalaz". The right-hand column of the document contains a lot of medical terminology, abbreviations etc., and at the top of the column there is the following item:

Dogadaj: Van. prom. nezgoda

What is the meaning of "Van. prom. nezgoda"? And what are the abbreviated words? - please give the words in full.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 non-traffic accident
3 +1 prometna nezgoda

Discussion

Vesna Zivcic Apr 29, 2004:
How about "vanprometna/izvanprometna nezgoda" - an accident that didn't happen in traffic, as opposed to "traffic accident"? Just guessing...
Non-ProZ.com Apr 29, 2004:
External traffic accident? Thank you for the comments so far. The context is simply that a door fell off a cupboard, and fell on someone's foot. This probably happened in a hotel, and the person may be able to claim travel insurance.
So it doesn't seem much like a traffic/road accident to me, though I'm sure you're right about the meaning of prom. nezgoda (one other person in our office came to the same conclusion).
So it may be just one of those puzzling things, perhaps a mistake - though a perfectly legible mistake. This isn't a doctor's scribbled notes, everything is printed. This looks like a standard document, perhaps a computer printout.
Nedzad Selmanovic Apr 29, 2004:
I really can't guess what abbreviated word van. stands for but "prom. nezgoda" stands for traffic accident. If your client provide full word instead of abreviated van. it will be easy.

Proposed translations

+4
2 hrs
Selected

non-traffic accident

this is the only possible solution. I think that whoever wrote van., has mistaken placing a dot after van. I spoke to the local police in my area and the duty officer said it could be any other accident but traffic.
In this case, if a person is eligible for travel insurance claim, I would consider the following term as well:
travel accident

click on attached links to preview relevant web pages.

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Note added at 7 hrs 47 mins (2004-04-29 19:30:32 GMT)
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Van. prom. nezgoda = Van-prometna nezgoda


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Note added at 7 hrs 53 mins (2004-04-29 19:35:38 GMT)
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dot and hyphen keys are placed next to each other on BH or CRO keyboards
Reference:

www.umanitoba.ca/admin/financial_services/ travel/accinsur.html

http://www.createcard.co.uk/info/travel_insurance_policy.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Vesna Zivcic
3 hrs
hvala vam velika
agree Pavle Perencevic
12 hrs
hvala vam velika
agree Dino Lovric
15 hrs
hvala vam velika
agree Tanja Abramovic (X)
1 day 12 hrs
hvala vam velika
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much for your help with this, and for asking the police. I haven't seen any other forms of this kind, but it seems likely that there's a broad categorisation into "traffic" and "non-traffic" accidents. Thanks also to the other answerer for getting part of the way towards a definite answer."
+1
1 hr

prometna nezgoda

This bit is no problem - prometna nezgoda, or road traffic accident, but the van. could be anything. Probably some personal abbreviation known only to the writer. It's not a phrase that I can think of. Could be "vangradska" or if there was no full stop after the "van" it could even mean a "non-traffic accident"! With those scribbled doctor's notes (I've had the same problem) I usually put [unclear] or some such.

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Note added at 2 hrs 33 mins (2004-04-29 14:15:37 GMT)
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P.S. Aha, if it\'s not a traffic accident, then it could well be \"vanprometna nezgoda\", i.e. a non-traffic accident and the full stop is just a mistake.
Peer comment(s):
agree Ulvija Tanovic (X) : yea, those doctors and their scribbling, could also be vanredna maybe
59 mins
That's what I thought. But then what is a "redovna nezgoda"?! :)
neutral Nedzad Selmanovic : ne može biti prometna nezgoda uz dodatak van.
1 hr
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