Consecutive 3

Question 1

Hit & Run

Answer 1

Chocar y Huir

Question 2

please come forward to be sworn

Answer 2

por favor, pase adelante para prestar juramento

Question 3

you do solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you G-d?

Answer 3

Jura usted solemnemente que el testimonio que va a dar sera la verdad, toda la verdad, y nada mas que la verdad, lo jura ante Dios?

Question 4

Si, lo juro

Answer 4

I do

Question 5

spell it out

Answer 5

deletreelo

Question 6

Departamento

Answer 6

Apartament

Question 7

Tengo 14 anos de vivir aqui

Answer 7

I’ve been living here for 14 years

Question 8

I’d ask that the witness be instructed to answer only the questions before him

Answer 8

Pido que se le ordene al testigo que conteste solamente las preguntas que se le haga

Question 9

please keep your answers short, and restrict your answers to what has been asked

Answer 9

por favor, de respuestas cortas, y limite sus respuestas a lo que se le haya preguntado

Question 10

make

Answer 10

marca

Question 11

camioneta

Answer 11

van/ station wagon/ pickup truck

Question 12

the question is leading and compound

Answer 12

es una pregunta compuesta que sugiere la respuesta

Question 13

rephrase the question

Answer 13

reformular la pregunta

Question 14

Did anything unusual happen to you at that time?

Answer 14

Le paso algo fuera de lo comun en ese momento?

Question 15

“semi”

Answer 15

semi (refers to a tractor-trailer rig.)

Question 16

brinco la raya

Answer 16

jumped the line/ crossed over the line

Question 17

se metio en el carril derecho

Answer 17

went into the right lane

Question 18

Cuando, antes del choque?

Answer 18

When, before the crash?

Question 19

Yo diria como… no se medir la velocidad, pero ago asi como las 60 millas… por ahi mas o menos

Answer 19

I would say about… I dont know how to measure speed, but something like 60 miles… about that, more or less

Question 20

semaforo

Answer 20

spotlight/ signal

Question 21

la parte de atras

Answer 21

the rear

Question 22

encimada

Answer 22

crumpled/ crushed/ bashed in

Question 23

Es que yo vire rapido

Answer 23

The thing is, I swerved

Question 24

oi el golpe

Answer 24

I heard the crash

Question 25

non-responsive

Answer 25

evasiva

Question 26

the answer is already in the record

Answer 26

la respuesta ya consta en el acta

Question 27

overruled

Answer 27

denegada

Question 28

bajada

Answer 28

downgrade/ dip

Question 29

lo vide

Answer 29

I seen it

Question 30

metros

Answer 30

meters

Question 31

se fue muy recio

Answer 31

took off in a hurry

Question 32

golpeada

Answer 32

bashed in

Question 33

placa

Answer 33

license plate

Question 34

How do you account for that?

Answer 34

Como explica usted eso?

Question 35

patino y dio un trompo

Answer 35

skidded and spun out

Question 36

coleado

Answer 36

fishtailed

Question 37

Defense counsel

Answer 37

senor abogado defensor

Question 38

Mande usted?

Answer 38

Pardon?

Question 39

es posible que tomara una que otra cervecita

Answer 39

I may have had a beer or two

Question 40

on the scene

Answer 40

en el lugar de los hechos

Question 41

I withdraw the latter part of the question

Answer 41

Retiro la ultima parte de la pregunta

Question 42

ignore

Answer 42

hacer caso omiso de

Question 43

raite

Answer 43

ride

Question 44

a la orilla del camino

Answer 44

on the side of the road

Question 45

Hijos de la chingada!

Answer 45

You sons of bitches!

Question 46

May this witness be excused, or do you want him to remain on call?

Answer 46

Puede retirarse el testigo, o quiere que permanezca a disposicion del juzgado?

Question 47

He’s free to go, as far I’m concerned

Answer 47

Por mi, puede retirarse