Usage in courtroom setting
Hello,
I am taking the oral interpreting exam and would like to know the difference when you see
"the court" which is corte or tribunal to "the Court" does capitalized mean "the Judge"?
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"the court" which is corte or tribunal to "the Court" does capitalized mean "the Judge"?
In the United States, the term "the court" refers to any court in general, e.g., the trial court, the appellate court, etc. However, the term "the Court" (capitalized) always refers to the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
The Spanish, a court is most often called a "tribunal" (not corte). For example, the United States Supreme Court is called the "Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos," the appellate court is called the "tribunal de apelación" and the superior court is called the "tribunal de segunda instancia."
As for judges, we'd say "Judge Smith" (someone's title) or "the judge," (a noun); however, in the Supreme Court we'd say "Justice Ginsburg" and call the group the "Justices."
I'm not sure about the capitalization but I think the Judge would be referred to as the Judge. Similar to Juzgado (Court) and Juez (Judge) in Spanish.
