Self-Defense Claim After a Pub Altercation
Solicitor (speaking English) and Client (speaking Czech) talk through “Self-Defense Claim After a Pub Altercation”. You interpret both ways — English into Czech, and Czech into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Čeština
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Mr. Novák, thanks for coming in before Thursday's hearing at Newcastle Local Court. Let's go through exactly what happened outside the Grand Hotel on Saturday night, step by step.
Model answer and marking points
Pane Nováku, děkuji, že jste přišel ještě před čtvrtečním jednáním u Místního soudu v Newcastlu. Pojďme si krok za krokem projít přesně to, co se stalo v sobotu večer před hotelem Grand.
What an examiner checks here:
- thanks for coming in
- hearing is on Thursday
- venue: Newcastle Local Court
- incident outside the Grand Hotel
- incident on Saturday night
- go through it step by step
Easy to miss: Two different days appear here: the hearing is Thursday, the incident was Saturday night; do not swap or drop either.
Dobrý den. Ten muž mě popadl za ruku hned, jak jsem vycházel z hotelu, a křičel, že mu dlužím peníze za rozbité okno na autě.
Model answer and marking points
Hello. The man grabbed my arm as soon as I was walking out of the hotel, and he was shouting that I owed him money for a broken car window.
What an examiner checks here:
- man grabbed him by the arm
- as soon as he was leaving the hotel
- man was shouting
- claim: client owes him money
- money for a broken car window
Easy to miss: 'Rozbité okno na autě' is a car window, not a hotel window or a house window.
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Interpret it aloud now →Under New South Wales law, self-defense applies if you genuinely believed force was necessary and your response wasn't excessive. Did he threaten you first?
Model answer and marking points
Podle práva Nového Jižního Walesu se nutná obrana uplatní, pokud jste skutečně věřil, že je použití síly nezbytné, a vaše reakce nebyla nepřiměřená. Vyhrožoval vám jako první?
What an examiner checks here:
- under New South Wales law
- self-defence applies if
- condition 1: genuinely believed force was necessary
- condition 2: response was not excessive
- question: did he threaten you first?
Easy to miss: Both conditions must survive, including the negation 'wasn't excessive'; and the closing question must stay a question with 'first'.
Ano, řekl mi, že mi rozbije obličej, jestli mu hned nezaplatím, a rozmáchl se pěstí. Proto jsem ho odstrčil, abych se ochránil.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, he told me he'd smash my face in if I didn't pay him right away, and he swung his fist at me. That's why I pushed him away, to protect myself.
What an examiner checks here:
- yes, he threatened first
- threat: would smash his face
- condition: if he did not pay immediately
- he swung his fist
- client pushed him away
- reason: to protect himself
Easy to miss: The threat is conditional ('if I didn't pay right away'); dropping the 'if' or the 'immediately' changes the picture, and 'odstrčil' is pushed, not punched.
Was anyone else present, or is there CCTV footage from the car park? That evidence could support your account significantly.
Model answer and marking points
Byl u toho ještě někdo další, nebo existuje záznam z bezpečnostních kamer na parkovišti? Takový důkaz by mohl vaši verzi výrazně podpořit.
What an examiner checks here:
- question: was anyone else present?
- question: is there CCTV footage?
- footage from the car park
- such evidence could support his account
- support would be significant
Easy to miss: 'CCTV' needs a real Czech equivalent (bezpečnostní/průmyslové kamery), and the car park location must not be lost.
Byl tam barman, který to viděl, ale kamery jsou prý pokažené už asi tři měsíce, takže žádný záznam neexistuje.
Model answer and marking points
There was a bartender who saw it, but apparently the cameras have been broken for about three months, so there's no footage at all.
What an examiner checks here:
- a bartender witnessed it
- cameras are broken
- reportedly / hearsay ('prý')
- broken for about three months
- therefore no recording exists
Easy to miss: 'Prý' marks hearsay ('apparently / they say'); omitting it turns a rumour into a fact, and 'asi tři měsíce' is 'about three months', not exactly three.
If you struck him twice after he'd already fallen, the magistrate may see that as excessive, not reasonable self-defense.
Model answer and marking points
Pokud jste ho udeřil dvakrát poté, co už upadl, soudce to může považovat za nepřiměřené, a ne za přiměřenou nutnou obranu.
What an examiner checks here:
- condition: if he struck him twice
- after the man had already fallen
- the magistrate may view it as excessive
- not reasonable self-defence
Easy to miss: 'Twice' and 'after he had already fallen' are both checked; and this is a conditional 'may', not a statement that the magistrate will.
Bál jsem se, že znovu vstane a zaútočí, tak jsem ho ještě jednou udeřil, ale teď chápu, že to mohlo vypadat přehnaně.
Model answer and marking points
I was afraid he'd get up again and attack me, so I hit him one more time, but now I understand that it might have looked excessive.
What an examiner checks here:
- feared he would get up again
- feared he would attack again
- so he hit him one more time
- now understands
- it may have looked excessive
Easy to miss: 'Ještě jednou' is 'one more time', not 'again and again'; and 'mohlo vypadat' is 'might have looked', not an admission that it was excessive.
I'll request the CCTV footage from the hotel management and speak to Legal Aid NSW about representation. Do you have any prior criminal convictions at all?
Model answer and marking points
Vyžádám si záznam z kamer od vedení hotelu a promluvím s Legal Aid NSW, tedy právní pomocí Nového Jižního Walesu, ohledně právního zastoupení. Máte vůbec nějaké předchozí odsouzení za trestný čin?
What an examiner checks here:
- will request CCTV footage
- from the hotel management
- will speak to Legal Aid NSW
- about legal representation
- question: any prior criminal convictions at all?
Easy to miss: 'Legal Aid NSW' is a proper name and should be kept with a short gloss, not translated away; keep 'at all' and keep it a question.
Ne, nikdy jsem neměl žádný trestní záznam, tohle je poprvé, co jsem se dostal do potíží se zákonem.
Model answer and marking points
No, I've never had any criminal record. This is the first time I've ever been in trouble with the law.
What an examiner checks here:
- no
- never had any criminal record
- this is the first time
- in trouble with the law
Easy to miss: Double negation in Czech ('nikdy ... žádný') is a single clean 'never had any' in English; do not render it as a positive.
If the footage confirms your account, we can argue self-defense; otherwise, we may need to negotiate a lesser charge. See you Thursday.
Model answer and marking points
Pokud záznam vaši verzi potvrdí, můžeme argumentovat nutnou obranou. Jinak možná budeme muset vyjednat mírnější obvinění. Uvidíme se ve čtvrtek.
What an examiner checks here:
- condition: if footage confirms his account
- then argue self-defence
- otherwise may need to negotiate
- a lesser charge
- see you Thursday
Easy to miss: Two branches, 'if' and 'otherwise', must both come through; 'lesser charge' is a milder charge, not a dropped charge.
Dobře, děkuji. Doufám, že výpověď barmana pomůže, a pokud ne, budu souhlasit s mírnějším obviněním.
Model answer and marking points
All right, thank you. I hope the bartender's statement will help, and if not, I'll agree to a lesser charge.
What an examiner checks here:
- agrees and thanks
- hopes the bartender's statement helps
- condition: if it does not
- will agree to a lesser charge
Easy to miss: 'Výpověď' here is the bartender's statement/testimony, not 'notice' or 'termination', and agreement to the lesser charge is conditional on the statement not helping.
Terms in this dialogue that cost marks
CCL is marked on information transferred. These Australian terms have no direct word in most test languages — get one wrong and the segment's information is gone.
- Local CourtPřeložit jako „místní soud“ nebo ponechat „Local Court“ s vysvětlením „nejnižší soud v daném státě“.
- MagistratePřeložit jako „soudce okresního/nižšího soudu“, případně nechat „magistrát“ pouze pokud se vysvětlí kontext soudu, ne úřadu.
- Legal AidPřeložit jako „právní pomoc“ nebo „bezplatná právní pomoc“.
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