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The language heard in the courtroom and other legal settings contains many
standardized expressions and established phrases, and their equivalents in the
target language must be familiar to the court interpreter.
In a case of the United States of America, you can use legal terms like:
Parties to the lawsuit: the plaintiff and the defendant, also known as the litigants.
Plaintiff: an entity or person who files a legal action against another person or entity,
who is the defendant. The legal action is based upon the fact that the defendant
owed a legal duty to the plaintiff.
Testimony: statements taken under oath and out of court to give each party
information about what the opposing party will be saying at the trial. Most of the time,
in many states, either the plaintiff or the defense may take depositions of the
opposing party or of other witnesses.
Interrogatories: written questions one party submits to the other requesting they
provide the answers. The other party’s attorney will receive these questions, and
they will have a specific amount of time to answer them. Interrogatories are very
similar to depositions, except they are in written form and are sent to the other party
to answer.
Allegation: documents filed with the court that give the basic positions of the parties.
While pleadings may not be one of the most common legal phrases, they are a very
important part of the process.
Some things that defense or prosecuting attorneys say.
Approach the bench: a statement whereby either the prosecutor or defense attorney
asks to talk to the judge privately during the course of the trial. If the judge allows
the requesting attorney to approach the bench, opposing counsel must also be
allowed to approach the bench in order to hear the conversation. This conversation
may include items such as what order the witnesses should be or problems of a
technical nature.
Objection: When a trial is taking place, you may hear either the defense or
prosecuting attorneys say, “Objection,” one of the most common words used in court.
This word means they are taking issue with a statement or question posed by the
other side. The objection to the inclusion of a statement or question is based on a
legal rule or procedure for which the judge must determine relevance. Though the
rules of evidence are plentiful, one of the most common courtroom objections is to
witness statements where the witness is talking about something they heard from
someone else. Because the person who made the statement is unavailable to
present testimony and to be cross-examined, hearsay is generally not admissible.
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El idioma que se escucha en la sala del tribunal y otros entornos legales contiene
muchas expresiones estandarizadas y frases establecidas, y sus equivalentes en
el idioma de destino deben ser familiares para el intérprete de la corte.
En un caso de los Estados Unidos de América, puede usar términos legales como:
Demandante: una entidad o persona que presenta una acción legal contra otra
persona o entidad, que es el demandado. La acción legal se basa en el hecho de
que el acusado le debe un deber legal al demandante.
Alegato: documentos presentados ante el tribunal que dan los cargos básicos de
las partes. Si bien los alegatos pueden no ser una de las frases legales más
comunes, son una parte muy importante del proceso.
El tribunal está bajo el control del juez. Como cada sala del tribunal es diferente
según el juez que presida, es importante tener en cuenta las frases legales que se
usan en la corte para que siempre pueda cumplir con las reglas de cada juez
individual. Ciertas frases legales solo serán utilizadas por los jueces.