French term
France
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
dommages et intérêts
Legalese is not my forte, so I'm a bit flummoxed by "dommages et intérêts", which is almost a repetition of the previous bit. I assume the first "dommage" here means injury, but how to translate "dommages et iintérêt? Consequential damage??
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Rebecca Davis
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swanda
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Proposed translations
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Qualified financial & legal translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Latin to English, English
damages and interest
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I think that "interest" covers the liability part
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John Fossey
: The point is that interest may accrue from the time of the damages to the award or payment, and this interest is included in the liability.
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philgoddard
: This is a false friend - interêts does not mean interest in this context. We've had this several times before.
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I'm not sure "dommages-intérêts" tends to be a bit of a catch all, but from what I can see in French legal glossaries, "dommages et intérêts" appears to involve setting an interest rate and then paying it...
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margaret caulfield
: "interests" (in plural), since the damages can be of different types.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: English meaning of "damages" includes interest. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/damages (Also "interest" when referred to in the statement of claim, would never be in the plural in such contexts.// Ref Margaret's peer comment).
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?? No, I agree, it shoudn't be in the plural...That's why I didn't use the plural in my answer...
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Rob Grayson
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Jack Dunwell
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "Damages" under English law includes interest. It means monetary compensation for loss and includes interest.
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Claire Nolan
: Termium also gives 'damages' alone.
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John Fossey
: While its true that "damages" automatically includes the interest that results from those damages, the "interest" is often spelled out as "damages and interest", to prevent it become a secondary issue in litigation.
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cmwilliams (X)
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writeaway
: in most basic ordinary Fr-En dictionaries and must be in glossary since it's been asked many times before
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Karen Stokes
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Rob Grayson
: A very common question to which the asker could easily have found the answer
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Sébastien GUITTENY
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Peter Shortall
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Thanks Peter (sorry I had no notification of your comment before)
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
damages claim
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Note added at 11 minutes (2010-03-21 18:17:53 GMT)
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Demand upon the insurer, or the guilty or negligent party, for compensation for a damage or loss.
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Note added at 42 minutes (2010-03-21 18:49:07 GMT)
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"damage claims" will give you ghits ... Also the 'intérêts' is included in the 'damage' portion of the claim ...
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compensation/compensatory payments
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "compensation by way of damages" wld be the std terminology if using the word "compensation". Re dir/indir conseq damagE, must be in the singular... damagE is sustained, damagES are paid.
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Discussion
Yes, mea culpa, there it is in Collins, but under "dommage" not "interêt". I am suitably chastened. It'll be the birch twigs for me this evening... but stiffened in my resolve to avoid legalese like the plague.