Translation - Spanish-English - Soldado EU paga para ser herido, y no volver a Irak

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Title	Soldado EU paga para ser herido, y no volver a Irak
Text Submitted by marlencilla	Source language: Spanish Soldado EU paga para ser herido, y no volver a Irak Un soldado que recientemente volviÃ³ de Irak ha admitido que pagÃ³ 500 dÃ³lares a otra persona para que le diera un tiro en una pierna para no volver a la guerra. Jonathan Aponte, de 20 aÃ±os, denunciÃ³ que un ladrÃ³n le habÃa disparado, pero cambiÃ³ la versiÃ³n cuando la policÃa lo interrogÃ³. Aponte iba a Irak, para estar ahÃ otros ocho meses. Aponte fue acusado de complot y de denunciar un hecho falso, de acuerdo con la acusaciÃ³n penal.
Remarks about the translation	Es u texto interesante, de una noticia que me ha llamado la atenciÃ³n y que he resumido paara poder traducir, es muy difÃcil para mÃ traducirlo al inglÃ©s.

Title

An American soldier pays to be shot

Translation

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Translated by

lilian canale

Target language: English

An American soldier pays to be shot and not return to Iraq.

A soldier who had just come home from Iraq admitted having paid US$500 to someone to shoot him in the leg in order to prevent him from going back to the war.

Jonathan Aponte, 20, complained to the police that a thief had shot him, but changed his statement after being questioned.
Aponte would have gone back to Iraq for a stay of more 8 months.

Aponte was charged with conspiracy and false statement, according to the legal accusation.

Last validated or edited by dramati - 8 March 2008 22:59

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		7 March 2008 13:14
	dramati Number of messages: 972	Try this: An American soldier paid to be shot and not return to Iraq. A soldier who had just come home from Iraq admitted having paid US$500 to someone to shoot him in the leg in order to prevent him from going back to the war. Jonathan Aponte, 20, complained to the police that a thief had shot him, but changed his statement after being questioned. Aponte would have gone back to Irak for a stay of another 8 months. Aponte was charged with conspiracy and makiing false statements, according to the legal accusation
		7 March 2008 14:36
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Hi again, David! Let's see... In the source text the first sentence is a headline (in a newspaper perhaps) and it is, as headlines usually are, into Present tense, so I think it should stay this way: An American soldier pays to be shot and not return to Iraq. Scheme and false statement are the official denomination for the crimes he committed, while conspiracy is the criminal charge for an action which has been long planned usually envolving more than two people, isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong, please. For the rest, I agree, thanks.
		8 March 2008 17:20
	dramati Number of messages: 972	Nope, /scheme is not a legal defination. He can conspire to do something, even if he doesn't have a fellow conspirator.
		8 March 2008 17:26
	pirulito Number of messages: 1180	To Avoid Return to Iraq, Soldier Arranged to Be Shot
		8 March 2008 18:02
	dramati Number of messages: 972	You can absolutely not say Aponte was charged with "scheme"
		8 March 2008 18:35
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	conspiracy and perjury?
		8 March 2008 21:24
	dramati Number of messages: 972	probably leave false statements since perjury is only a legal term for giving false statements under oath in a court of law.