Miranda Warnings.

Question

In the United States, before an arrested person in police custody can be interrogated, the police must properly and specifically advise the arrested person of his rights under the law as announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark decision, Miranda v. Arizona. Please advise me if I made any grammatical mistakes in the following translation:

Usted tiene derecho a guardar silencio. Si renuncia a ese derecho, cualquier cosa que diga puede ser y será usada en su contra en un tribunal. Usted tiene derecho a llamar a un abogado y que lo asista durante el interrogatorio. Si no cuenta con los recursos para contratar a un abogado, se le asignará uno sin costo alguno para usted. Durante cualquier interrogatorio, usted puede, en cualquier momento, ejercer estos derechos, así como no contestar las preguntas que se le hagan o no hacer ninguna declaración.

You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you at no cost. During any questioning, you may decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions or make any statements.

Thank you.

Matheew, this needs a lot of adjustments. Await help. I'll try tomorrow, but it is way beyond me, but I can see further help is urgently needed here. - annierats, Jan 9, 2012

advise me - 0074b507, Jan 9, 2012

It's understandable, to me, but I think it needs grammatical help. - annierats, Jan 9, 2012

Thank you qfreed. - SanMateo1, Jan 9, 2012

Answer 1

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Gracias Guillermo. Me gusta su versión. - SanMateo1, Jan 9, 2012

Amazing. IfI'm in trouble, you can represent me.. - annierats, Jan 9, 2012

Thanks. - 00e657d4, Jan 9, 2012

Great write-up... only objection I have is, it's not really questions. I'ts kind of like selective service, "Will sign up for to be drafted if necessary? If you don't you will be arrested and prosicuted as a draft-dodger. Do you accept or decline?" .... - DJ_Huero, Jan 9, 2012

The trick to the question is, you may not want to, but you must accept or you get punished. Anyways, you get my vote as I haven't offered any help yet. ;-P - DJ_Huero, Jan 9, 2012

Ok, now I posted, let me know what you think. =] - DJ_Huero, Jan 9, 2012

Answer 2

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Sorry gfreed,did't see you had fixed it. No need for further amateurish efforts! - annierats, Jan 9, 2012

The Spanish translation, although it's understandable, sounds pretty odd. - 00e657d4, Jan 9, 2012

Answer 3

So, since I commented about someone else's translation, I figured I should atleast provide my opinion to be critiqued. After looking around and thinking to myself, "cops have to be professional when speaking this to people which rules out informal talk", this seems to be the most up to date manner of speaking and still professional manner of speaking. Note at the bottom, this has been approved for "Law Enforcement authorities".

The Miranda Rights en español

DJ. Huero. Gracias por responder a mi pregunta. - SanMateo1, Jan 9, 2012

I like this version a whole lot better. - Gekkosan, Jan 9, 2012

De nada Mateo. ;-) Y tambien, gracias Gekko. =] - DJ_Huero, Jan 9, 2012