The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
– The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanis..
The entire cause of the problem evolves from the use of a deputy to translate. His command of Spanish is inadequate and he mistranslates what a witness tells the sheriff as to whether the real perpetrator of the crime is riding a mare (yegua) or a male horse (caballo). This error results in destroying a family and the death of an innocent man.
19 Aug 1983
English, Spanish
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