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被保险人

English translation: the insured

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Chinese term or phrase:被保险人
English translation:the insured
Entered by: albertdeng

01:40 Jan 25, 2008
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance
Chinese term or phrase: 被保险人
Note another item is 投保人 and the two are two different persons.
albertdeng
New Zealand
Local time: 14:14
the insured
Explanation:
保险人 insurer
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Zhoudan
Local time: 10:14
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9the insured
Zhoudan
5保户
Milton Guo
4 +1policyholder(s)
Malcolm Mayfield


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
the insured


Explanation:
保险人 insurer


Zhoudan
Local time: 10:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Thank you.

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agree  peiling
2 mins
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agree  franksf
12 mins
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agree  ysun
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
保户


Explanation:
这是更地道的说法..保险公司都是这么说的,呵呵

Milton Guo
China
Local time: 10:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
policyholder(s)


Explanation:
Very common and less formal than "the insured..." but used interchangeably in many contexts.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-01-25 07:17:17 GMT)
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...in particular, where 被保险人= 保险客戶

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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2008-01-27 14:10:44 GMT)
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Asker is right and the context gives 投保人 as distinct from the 被保险人, so I stand corrected.

Malcolm Mayfield
United States
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Then how come in this context the 被保险人 and the 投保人 are two different persons? What do you call a 投保人 in English then?


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agree  franksf
7 hrs
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