Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
se salió de la vía
English translation:
veered off the road
Spanish term
Chile
carpe noctem
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, German to Spanish
se salió de la vía
Estoy traduciendo un informe de la policía en el que se narra por qué una persona falleció en un accidente de tránsito. Resulta que el conductor perdió el control del vehículo, se estrelló contra un árbol y perdió.
La causa del accidente fue precisamente el hecho de haber perdido el control del vehículo.
Hay una parte en la que el policía dice: "se salió de la vía estrellándose".
Por más que le doy vueltas a la cosa, no encuentro la forma de decir de forma natural en inglés esto de que se salió de la vía, porque tiene que dar a entender, sin decirlo directamente, que se salió por perder el control y que no fue algo voluntario ni premeditado.
Any suggestions?
Muchísimas gracias
KK
| 4 +3 | veered off the road |
liz askew
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| 4 +3 | came off the road |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | left the road |
Lisa McCarthy
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Feb 14, 2013 18:02: liz askew Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
veered off the road
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came off the road
If you want to make it seem more accidental you can say that the car or vehicle came off the road, rather than the driver. That makes it sound as though the driver didn't have anything much to do with it. But even if the driver is the subject of the verb (as I presume is the case in the original), this will do fine.
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I think it probably would be a good idea to say that the vehicle came off the road and crashed, rather than the driver. "Came off" is the most neutral way of saying this, and I think it is the appropriate verb, since this is a police report rather than a journalistic account.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: MTE (My thoughts exactly!)//And of course I understood without hesitation. NNTR.
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Thanks, Noni. GMTA! (I like this game)
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Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington
: It is definitely the best expression. I agree completely.
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Thank you, José Arnoldo :)
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Billh
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Thanks, Bill
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Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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