Was Kate McCann right to decline to answer the 48 questions?

[G-Unit]

The point I am making is that the investigation led by amaral misinterpreted the alerts..it dismissed them as having no  evidential value

The investigation was coordinated by Amaral but those in charge were Luis Neves and Guilhermino Encarnação.

[Brietta]

The investigation was coordinated by Amaral but those in charge were Luis Neves and Guilhermino Encarnação.

So we keep being told ... however ... it was Amaral who was sacked.

[stephen25000]

A QUESTION SHE DID ANSWER

Q.  Are you aware that in not answering the questions you are jeopardising the investigation, which seeks to discover what happened to your daughter?

A.  'Yes, if that’s what the investigation thinks.'



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[Mr Gray]

A QUESTION SHE DID ANSWER

Q.  Are you aware that in not answering the questions you are jeopardising the investigation, which seeks to discover what happened to your daughter?

A.  'Yes, if that’s what the investigation thinks.'



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You are quoting the opinion of a police investigation where the officers did not have a clue...imo...and Kate realised that

[stephen25000]

You are quoting the opinion of a police investigation where the officers did not have a clue...imo...and Kate realised that

That is your opinion and that of the Mccann supporters.

As to Kate McCann's opinion, that is supposition.

[stephen25000]

How many questions didn't she answer in her interview ?

[Mr Gray]

How many questions didn't she answer in her interview ?

As the pj made a real pigs ear...imo..in taking the record of her interview we don't know but according to the non verbatim transcript s no questions were not answered

[faithlilly]

Innocent people may assert their right to stay silent but I can't think of one suspect who, after they have been cautioned, has refused to answer every question during all their interviews and subsequently not been found guilty, can you ?

[Alice Purjorick]

The terms verbatim and non-verbatim translations are bandied about with gay abandon but what precisely do they mean both in practical terms and grammatical terms ?. 

Verbatim translation, IMO, is not possible in the first place. For a start verbatim means word for word.
So either it is or it isn't word for word. If a statement is translated from one language to another manifestly it cannnot be verbatim therefore the terms "verbatim" and "non-verbatim" when used in connection with translation are completely meaningless.

The closest meaning one will have in practical terms when considering "verbatim translation" will be "a word-for-word translation that sticks as closely as possible to the structure and meaning of the original, without being adapted for a target audience in any way".
 
IMNSHO

[Robittybob1]

A QUESTION SHE DID ANSWER

Q.  Are you aware that in not answering the questions you are jeopardising the investigation, which seeks to discover what happened to your daughter?

A.  'Yes, if that’s what the investigation thinks.'

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That is one of those delphic answers too, for it is only answerable if we know "what the investigation thinks"

[Mr Gray]

The terms verbatim and non-verbatim translations are bandied about with gay abandon but what precisely do they mean both in practical terms and grammatical terms ?. 

Verbatim translation, IMO, is not possible in the first place. For a start verbatim means word for word.
So either it is or it isn't word for word. If a statement is translated from one language to another manifestly it cannnot be verbatim therefore the terms "verbatim" and "non-verbatim" when used in connection with translation are completely meaningless.

The closest meaning one will have in practical terms when considering "verbatim translation" will be "a word-for-word translation that sticks as closely as possible to the structure and meaning of the original, without being adapted for a target audience in any way".
 
IMNSHO

verbatim would be the mccanns statements being written down exactly as they were spoken...in english and then signed

[Alice Purjorick]

verbatim would be the mccanns statements being written down exactly as they were spoken...in english and then signed

So who does the translation ? or are you suggesting an English person records the statement in whatever country it happens to be ?
Remember that the principle has to be capable of implementation outside the PdL bubble.
Why signed? Your contention is that the signature is worthless?
As what was done complies with EU law wrt translation what is your objection?

[Carana]

So who does the translation ? or are you suggesting an English person records the statement in whatever country it happens to be ?
Remember that the principle has to be capable of implementation outside the PdL bubble.
Why signed? Your contention is that the signature is worthless?
As what was done complies with EU law wrt translation what is your objection?

I've mentioned this before. In far less serious circumstances, I made a police statement in a country in which I didn't understand the language at the time. Someone interpreted for me, and I signed on the bottom line. All I could work out was the bottom line of a few words, and that was all I need to get the ball rolling. 

Years later, sorting through stuff, I found it again and can now understand what was written. Hardly anythihng was accurate.

[Alice Purjorick]

I've mentioned this before. In far less serious circumstances, I made a police statement in a country in which I didn't understand the language at the time. Someone interpreted for me, and I signed on the bottom line. All I could work out was the bottom line of a few words, and that was all I need to get the ball rolling. 

Years later, sorting through stuff, I found it again and can now understand what was written. Hardly anythihng was accurate.

It comes as no surprise. I started traveling abroad on business when I was 26 (in MXV BC that's a long time ago!)*. I learned rapidly that once beyond the soggy bit at Dover one took one's life in one's own hands. Help from the FCO being dependant on what bigger fish they had to fry (or boil) at the time. See Ian Richter.
I would say about Portugal though; it is not the backward country being portrayed by supporters it being at the cutting edge of some legislation. eg banning capital punishment about a century before the UK did.
But allegedly in the McCann case they had an interpreter provided by the FCO.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__SqD8kTyw       

[Brietta]

It comes as no surprise. I started traveling abroad on business when I was 26 (in MXV BC that's a long time ago!)*. I learned rapidly that once beyond the soggy bit at Dover one took one's life in one's own hands. Help from the FCO being dependant on what bigger fish they had to fry (or boil) at the time. See Ian Richter.
I would say about Portugal though; it is not the backward country being portrayed by supporters it being at the cutting edge of some legislation. eg banning capital punishment about a century before the UK did.
But allegedly in the McCann case they had an interpreter provided by the FCO.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__SqD8kTyw       

Are you able to substantiate your claim that 'supporters' ~ actually ... how puerile is this apparent need to label individuals as if they are the Borg ~ portray Portugal as a 'backward country'?

As far as I am concerned there is evidence that the Portuguese system is just fine ... for example, the right to maintain silence and the right to legal representation is something which is a matter of course.

The most 'backward' looking attitude - in my opinion - comes from those individuals who object to the legitimate use of those rights in conjunction with their disregard for evidence which defies their opinion of how things should be not how they are.