bediendestatuut

17:08 May 11, 2006 

10:35 Apr 11, 2006 

10:18 Apr 11, 2006 

Thank you for your note, Hirselina. In the text that I translated it was clearly stated that the person concerned is a medical student and that this person received an allowance for studying medicine in Belgium and that this person is a Belgium citizen.

I had no choice but to opt for the translation I mentioned as the target text is intended for a non-European audience that most likely has no idea what the rules and/or conditions in Belgium are insofar as this is concerned. More importantly, this did not have any bearing on them either.

The most important fact which I had to relay, which I think I achieved through opting for the term I did, was for them to understand that the person concerned used to receive x amount of money for studying medicine and as a result of an event which is important to them this income was not received and must now be compensated.

At first I thought there was a standard term for this, but the responses to my question made it clear that this was not the case. Thank you for your input.

10:06 Apr 11, 2006 

07:41 Apr 6, 2006 

07:15 Apr 6, 2006 

This is taken from a website and it provides more context than my actual text:

Artsen blijven best werken met het statuut van zelfstandige. Ook voor huisartsen en specialisten in opleiding is een bediendestatuut zinloos. Wel is een betere sociale bescherming nodig. De beste manier om dat te bekomen, is te blijven ijveren voor een behoorlijk inkomen. Bovendien is een sociaal Riziv-statuut van 5.000 euro een minimum.

In my document they simply refer to a loss of this income due to certain circumstances (medical student).

Debs, dankie vir die nota, maar gelukkig is ek bewus van die verskil :)

07:04 Apr 6, 2006 

07:02 Apr 6, 2006 

Absolutely. The party involved attends the University of Leuven.

06:59 Apr 6, 2006