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Self-Defence Plea in an Assault Charge
Solicitor (speaking English) and Client (speaking Macedonian) talk through “Self-Defence Plea in an Assault Charge”. You interpret both ways — English into Macedonian, and Macedonian into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Before we go through your legal options, Mr. Petrovski, tell me exactly what happened outside the Hamilton Hotel last Saturday night.
Тој прв ме удри во лицето пред пабот, а јас само се одбранив со рацете - немав ништо во нив.
Was anyone else nearby who actually saw him grab you first, and did you use anything at all besides your own hands?
Да, другар ми Дејан беше таму и виде сè. Немав нож, ниту стап, само се обидував да не паднам на земја.
Self-defence applies if your response was reasonable given what you honestly and genuinely believed was happening to you at that exact moment.
Ако судот прифати дека навистина сум се одбранил, дали тоа значи дека нема да останам со казнена евиденција?
Yes — if the magistrate fully accepts that you acted in self-defence, you're found not guilty of assault, and no conviction is recorded against you at all.
Значи, ако го прифатат тоа, нема да останам со досие? Тоа навистина ме смирува. Кога точно треба да се појавам на суд?
Your matter is listed for mention at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday the fourteenth of August at ten o'clock in the morning.
А ако случајно не можам да дојдам тој ден поради работа, што се случува тогаш со мојот случај?
If you don't attend that mention without a valid medical certificate, the magistrate can issue a warrant for your arrest.
Разбирам, ќе бидам таму на четиринаесетти август во десет часот наутро. Ви благодарам многу за објаснувањето.
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- magistrateКажи 'судија' или ако треба прецизност 'судија на магистратски суд'. Транслитерацијата 'магистрат' исто е разбирлива во македонски правен контекст.
- local courtСе преведува како 'локален суд' - разбирлив и точен превод.
- medical certificateСе преведува директно како 'лекарско уверение' или 'медицинско уверение' - стандардна македонска фраза.
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