extenuating circumstances は法律用語。必須単語。
7:06 maybe I can talk to the DA about extenuating circumstances. 酌量すべき事情について地方検事に話してみるよ。
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3:32 and the prosecutor said that that could be considered extenuating circumstances. it might lead to a lighter sentencing. 容疑者は罪状を認めているので、検察官はそれが酌量の余地になるという。刑は軽減される可能性がある。
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12:35 there are extenuating circumstances in that they were farm people under a very domineering master who one day brought them a child and told them "do not ask question, and never tell him he is not your own son." 私の孫のを育てた両親は誘拐の罪に問われるが、ある日、暴君がこの子を農家を営んでいた両親に私の孫を問答無用で預け、孫には絶対に血の通わない両親であることは口にするな、と念を押されていたので、情状に特に酌量すべきものがある。
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参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2015/03/blog-post_56.html 情状酌量の余地を英語でなんと言うか？
