供诉人

English translation: testifier

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Chinese term or phrase: 供诉人
English translation:testifier
Entered by: karcsy

03:21 Feb 5, 2008
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
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Chinese term or phrase: 供诉人
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Wilman
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Local time: 02:05
testifier
Explanation:
testifier: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.comTes·ti·fi·er n. One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a.
www.answers.com/topic/testifier - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

供诉 = testimony

admitter or confession maker can be testifier (供诉人 ) if he is also the accused who choose to testify or provide evidence against himself in exchage for lower penalty.

but testifier is not necessarily the person who committed the act of crime.

Also, you sentence sample gives me the impression that the testifier is testifying against 汪振东.


Child Abuse & Neglect : Facts or fiction as evidence in court: a ...This charge was also tried in the 1988 trial proceedings, ... that the certainty of a testifier who made a positive identification made at a police station ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0145213499001416 - Similar pages

Sipple v. Foundation for National Progress (Part 2)The reporter is not bound by the straitjacket of the testifier's exact words .... of the most damaging ones -- are simply absent from the court proceedings. ...
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karcsy
Local time: 14:05
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Since the context does not have solid evidence to prove that it is typo, so I think testifier suits my context the best. Thank you all.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1公诉人
lisee
4 +1confession maker
Huijun Suo
3Admitter
laoloup
3respondent
franksf
3testifier
karcsy


  

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公诉人


Explanation:
是不是错别字?应该是公诉人吧?

public prosecutor 或 district attorney

lisee
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon: from the context, should be 公诉人.
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confession maker


Explanation:
原文应该没有错,供诉就是犯罪嫌疑人供认自己的行为,他们当然也可以举证为自己辩解。

不过也有可能有更专业的译法。

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=“供诉”&btnG=Google Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define: confession&btnG...
Definitions of confession on the Web:

an admission of misdeeds or faults
a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

A confession is where a suspect in a crime admits their guilt to the crime.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confession (legal)



Huijun Suo
China
Local time: 14:05
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rushidao: See the write-up of a court case. Seach for "confession".
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Admitter


Explanation:
It basically refers to a person who admits to the authorities that...
Similar expressions include a person who confesses, testifies, etc. This person can be a suspect or a witness.

laoloup
Canada
Local time: 02:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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respondent


Explanation:
A civil case?

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中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
应答者, 论文答辩人, 被告, 回答的, 感应的, 应答的



franksf
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testifier


Explanation:
testifier: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.comTes·ti·fi·er n. One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a.
www.answers.com/topic/testifier - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

供诉 = testimony

admitter or confession maker can be testifier (供诉人 ) if he is also the accused who choose to testify or provide evidence against himself in exchage for lower penalty.

but testifier is not necessarily the person who committed the act of crime.

Also, you sentence sample gives me the impression that the testifier is testifying against 汪振东.


Child Abuse & Neglect : Facts or fiction as evidence in court: a ...This charge was also tried in the 1988 trial proceedings, ... that the certainty of a testifier who made a positive identification made at a police station ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0145213499001416 - Similar pages

Sipple v. Foundation for National Progress (Part 2)The reporter is not bound by the straitjacket of the testifier's exact words .... of the most damaging ones -- are simply absent from the court proceedings. ...
www.casp.net/sipple2.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages



karcsy
Local time: 14:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Since the context does not have solid evidence to prove that it is typo, so I think testifier suits my context the best. Thank you all.
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