What is the difference between a foreign language translation and an English language translation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, F068223 (Cal. App. 2016):
Where there is a conflict between a statement recorded in a foreign language and an English language translation of the statement, the English language translation controls and is evidence of what was said. (People v. Cabrera (1991) 230 Cal.App.3d 300, 304.) As such, it is the record that controls whether defendant was properly advised
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