DERECHO DE EQUIPOS

English translation: equipment charge/fee

15:33 Apr 6, 2022

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments

Spanish term or phrase: DERECHO DE EQUIPOS

I'm translating a surgery invoice from Colombia, and the phrase "DERECHO DE EQUIPOS CIRUGIA" appears as an item on the invoice. What does "DERECHO" imply in this case?

Alison Trujillo KudoZ activity Questions: 27 (none open) Answers: 19 United States
Local time: 03:13

English translation:equipment charge/fee

Explanation:
In theory, "equipos" could mean "teams" too, but "equipos cirugia" makes me think it's the operating room equipment.

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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 04:13

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equipment charge/fee

Robert Carter

3 +1

surgical team fees

Neil Ashby

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peer agreement (net): +3

equipment charge/fee

Explanation:
In theory, "equipos" could mean "teams" too, but "equipos cirugia" makes me think it's the operating room equipment.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

surgical team fees

Explanation:
As Robert says, "equipo" could be equipment or the staff.

I don't think the patient would be expected to pay towards the surgical equipment, that's the hospital's problem, plus "derechos" or "fees" are usually for professional services, not for 'hiring' equipment. If the text were talking about expendable equipment/items, it would probably use "gastos" rather than "derechos".
All in all, I think "team" is more likely than "equipment".

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Note added at 16 hrs (2022-04-07 08:10:34 GMT)
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Hi Alison,

derechos nmpl (pago de una tasa) fee n
He abonado los derechos del examen de conducir.
I paid the driving test fees.
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=der...

derechos:
Cantidad que se paga, según un arancel, por la utilización de cosas o servicios de una Administración pública, corporativa o privada. U. m. en pl. Derechos aduaneros.
https://dle.rae.es/derecho?m=form

The RAE definition shows that "derechos" applies to both "cosas o servicios" - which works against my initial argument, as I thought it was really used for services (like "fees" in English).

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 12:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, I also think it's a matter of finding out if this was an equipment rental or actual payment for staff..."equipos" makes me think of "equipment", but it could certainly refer to a team of people in this case. I was hoping that figuring out what "derechos" means here would clarify it.

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