Jan 23, 2012 04:52
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Spanish term
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nunca se ha obligado a lo preguntado
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This is the record of the answers (questions not included) in an Ecuadorian interrogatory. The answers are recorded by the clerk in this format:
Dando contestación al interrogatorio manifiesta: A la 1. que no se le pregunta.- A la 2. que no sabe de su parte lo preguntado......
The answers, as recorded, use all sorts of different phrases (some incorrectly written) to say the same thing, often indicating that he doesn't know. But 'que nunca se ha obligado a lo preguntado' is giving me problems.
Thanks.
Dando contestación al interrogatorio manifiesta: A la 1. que no se le pregunta.- A la 2. que no sabe de su parte lo preguntado......
The answers, as recorded, use all sorts of different phrases (some incorrectly written) to say the same thing, often indicating that he doesn't know. But 'que nunca se ha obligado a lo preguntado' is giving me problems.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | he has never made the undertaking referred to in the question |
Charles Davis
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| 3 | he has never admitted to what was being asked |
Rodrigo Maharg Bravo
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
he has never made the undertaking referred to in the question
One way of putting it, I think. "Lo preguntado" is what he is being asked about in the question, and since "obligarse a algo" can commonly be translated as undertaking to doing something or making an undertaking, it seems clear that the question refers to such an undertaking. The respondent is denying that he has ever made this undertaking.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-01-23 08:49:32 GMT)
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Or of course it could be "undertakings", plural, depending on what the question says.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-01-23 09:07:40 GMT)
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I notice you don't have the questions, so you probably can't tell whether it refers to one or several undertakings. If you want to avoid this problem, perhaps you could say: "he has never undertaken to do/fulfil what the question refers to".
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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-01-23 08:49:32 GMT)
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Or of course it could be "undertakings", plural, depending on what the question says.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2012-01-23 09:07:40 GMT)
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I notice you don't have the questions, so you probably can't tell whether it refers to one or several undertakings. If you want to avoid this problem, perhaps you could say: "he has never undertaken to do/fulfil what the question refers to".
4 hrs
Rodrigo Maharg Bravo
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he has never admitted to what was being asked
It is really hard to know exactly, but it could be something like this, that the defendant was not admitting guilt of some kind.
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