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السيارة المتسببة في الحادث

English translation: the car causing the accident

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Arabic term or phrase:السيارة المتسببة في الحادث
English translation:the car causing the accident
Entered by: hassan zekry

11:56 Nov 3, 2011
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Arabic term or phrase: السيارة المتسببة في الحادث
ورد ضمن تقرير عن حادث

كيف نترجم هذا التعبير؟
Waleed Mohamed
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 14:23
the car causing the accident
Explanation:
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hassan zekry
Local time: 13:23
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5the car causing the accident
hassan zekry
5the car responsible for the accident /the car that caused the accident
Samaa Zeitoun
4An accident involving a car / the car involving in the accident
Heba Abed
4the vehicle responsible for Road Traffic Accident (RTA)
drmutaier


Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the car causing the accident


Explanation:
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hassan zekry
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 99

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ibrahim I. Ibrahim (X): I agree
12 mins
agree  Liliane Hatem
32 mins
agree  sktrans
1 hr
agree  Andrew Cavell
1 hr
agree  Mubarak Ali Osm: agree
7 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
An accident involving a car / the car involving in the accident


Explanation:
An accident involving a car

The car involving in the accident

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-11-03 12:11:16 GMT)
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If it is one car, you could say:
A car is involved in the accident
or
One car is involved in the accident

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Note added at 18 mins (2011-11-03 12:14:43 GMT)
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The car involving in the accident was found ....etc

More context would be helpful:)

Heba Abed
Egypt
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: The two cars are involved in the accident :) but one car caused the accident

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the car responsible for the accident /the car that caused the accident


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?q="the car responsible for t...
http://www.google.com.eg/search?q="the car that caused the a...
Both expressions appear in legal & paralegal links, so I guess there is no other "legal" term for it.

Samaa Zeitoun
United States
Local time: 05:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 36
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the vehicle responsible for Road Traffic Accident (RTA)


Explanation:
Please visit http://www.accident-claim-expert.co.uk/en/road-accident/inde...
and sometimes it is called motor vehicle but usually not car as vehicle is a collective noun which is translated into Arabic as
مركبة

drmutaier
Australia
Local time: 20:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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