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lectura de la declaración

English translation: the reading of the report

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Spanish term or phrase:lectura de la declaración
English translation:the reading of the report
Entered by: Katarina Peters

21:20 Jul 10, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Spanish term or phrase: lectura de la declaración
This is from a scene in a script. A young man has killed a woman in an automobile accident. The court officer (the clerk) reads the report:
OFICIAL JUDICIAL
El menor declara no recordar lo ocurrido previo a su desamayo.
En las inmediaciones de la intersección citada, fue encontrado el cuerpo sin vida de un femenino.
El reporte de la morgue judicial identifica a la víctima como Ángeles Calcedo, mujer, 34 años, soltera...

And then says:
El fiscal a cargo, Dr. Suarez, ha solicitado a este tribunal la concurrencia de peritos forenses para determinar las causales del deceso, que serán establecidas por la fiscalía en turno.
El implicado continúa detenido, con inminente asignacion a un Instituto de Menores.
La misma será confirmada, a la brevedad, a su representante legal.
Se da por terminada la lectura de la declaración.

Could this be "the arraignment is over"? But not charges are announced.
Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 02:07
the reading of the report
Explanation:
The court clerk finished reading the report, which says that it will be confirmed to the legal council of the accused in due course.
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Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 01:07
Grading comment
this works!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2the reading of the report
Katarina Peters
3 +1reading of the complaint
Michela Venturi
3 +1reading-out of the statement /AmE: into the record/
Adrian MM.


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the reading of the report


Explanation:
The court clerk finished reading the report, which says that it will be confirmed to the legal council of the accused in due course.

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 01:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 197
Grading comment
this works!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
13 mins
  -> Thank you, Barbara :)
agree  philgoddard: Though you might want to translate it more freely - you could just say "that's the end of the report".
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Phil, but I try to limit my replies to the term posted by the asker (following the ProZ.com rule), the rest is up to the asker.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reading of the complaint


Explanation:
Even if no formal charges are filed at this point, I think the term "complaint" fits nicely in this context.

See the following definition:

"A state prosecution usually begins after a police officer arrests someone and presents the case to the prosecution. The latter then files a complaint, which charges the defendant with the relevant crime(s). So begins the legal process.

A complaint typically lists:

the defendant
the date of the alleged offenses
the alleged offenses (including the relevant statutes, and whether the violations are misdemeanors or felonies), and
some kind of description of the alleged facts underlying those offenses".

(https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-criminal-compla...

Michela Venturi
Denmark
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: or "statement of complaint"
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reading-out of the statement /AmE: into the record/


Explanation:
If it were a witness statement > 'El menor declara...', it would be a proof e.g. of evidence or a deposition oft used like an Affidavit, but the question does open with a reference to a clerk's report.

BTW, it's desmayo - a fainting fit - rather than desamayo that I had been 'dismayed' to be unaware of....

Example sentence(s):
  • USA > Law and the theatre: reading a deposition into evidence Consider the courtroom reading as theater: “activity considered in terms of its dramatic quality”.

    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/law-general/621...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 582

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nelson Soares
17 mins
  -> Muito obrigado, gracias and thanks.
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