Contoh Percakapan antara Pengacara (Lawyer) dan Kliennya

Di bawah ini adalah contoh percakapan antara lawyer (pengacara) dan client (klien):

Percakapan 1

Lawyer: Welcome, Mr. Smith. Thank you for coming in to see me today. (Selamat datang, Pak Smith. Terima kasih telah datang untuk menemui saya hari ini)

Client: Thank you. (Terima kasih)

Lawyer: So why don’t you tell me what brings you today? (Jadi, ceritakan mengapa Anda di sini?)

Client: Well, I worked for ABC Company. I was just fired, and I think they fired me wrong. I’m here to try to see if I can get my job back or get some sort of severance pay or something. (Saya bekerja di Perusahaan ABC. Saya baru saja dipecat, dan menurut saya mereka memecat saya secara tidak adil. Saya di sini untuk mencari tahu apakah saya bisa mendapatkan pekerjaan saya kembali atau mendapatkan semacam uang pesangon atau sejenisnya)

Lawyer: Okay. How much money were you making when you were working with the company? (Oke. Berapa yang Anda hasilkan ketika Anda bekerja di perusahaan tersebut?)

Client: My salary was $62,000 a year plus health insurance. I worked there for 13 years now. I was facilities manager. I’ve done really well. My performance reviews are very good. (Gaji saya $62,000 satu tahun ditambah asuransi kesehatan. Saya bekerja di sana sudah 13 tahun. Saya adalah manajer fasilitas. Saya bekerja dengan baik. Ulasan peforma kerja saya sangat bagus)

Lawyer: Okay, so why do you think that they fired you? (Oke, jadi menurut Anda mengapa Anda dipecat?)

Client: My boss told me some of the things I was doing in my private time reflected badly on the company. They asked me to stop doing them, but I refused. Hence, they fired me. (Bos saya bilang hal-hal yang saya lakukan di luar kerja berdampak buruk pada perusahaan. Mereka meminta saya untuk berhenti melakukannya, tetapi saya menolak. Alhasil saya dipecat)

Lawyer: What were those things? (Apakah hal-hal itu?)

Client: I’m a feminist. I write blog about feminist activism, and I sometimes do rallies and demonstrations. (Saya seorang feminis. Saya menulis blog tentang aktivitas feminis, dan terkadang saya melakukan unjuk rasa dan demo)

Lawyer: How long have you been an activist? (Sudah berapa lama Anda menjadi seorang aktivis?)

Client: I’ve been an activist for about 10 years, but no one knew except my wife about it until last June. (Saya menjadi aktivis sudah 10 tahun, tetapi tidak ada yang tahu tentang itu kecuali istri saya, sampai bulan Juni kemarin)

Lawyer: So do you think that it’s only recently that your company knew that? (Jadi menurut Anda baru akhir-akhir ini perusahaan Anda mengetahuinya?)

Client: Yeah. (Ya)

Lawyer: Okay. Did your boss specifically say that because of those activities that you were fired? (Oke. Apakah bos Anda secara spesifik bilang bahwa karena kegiatan tersebutlah Anda dipecat?)

Client: He didn’t say that exactly, but that’s certainly the impression I got. (Dia tidak bilang itu tepatnya, tetapi itulah kesan yang saya dapat)

Lawyer : Did you do those activities while you’re at work? (Apakah Anda melakukan kegiatan tersebut ketika bekerja?)

Client: Absolutely not. All the blog writing and demonstrations happened on my own private time and were done outside the office. (Tentu saja tidak. Menulis blog dan unjuk rasa dilakukan di jam pribadi saya dan di luar kantor)

Lawyer: I see. You said at the beginning that you wanted to get your job back or get severance pay, is that right? (Saya paham. Anda bilang di awal bahwa Anda ingin mendapat pekerjaan Anda kembali atau mendapat uang pesangon, benar?)

Client: Ultimately, I would like to continue work there because I enjoyed the job I had. If that’s not possible, I think I should get some sort of severance. (Saya ingin melanjutkan bekerja di sana karena saya menikmati pekerjaan saya. Jika itu tidak mungkin, menurut saya, saya harus mendapatkan uang pesangon)

Lawyer: All right. Thank you, I’ll study this first and I’ll call you back again later. (Baiklah. Terima kasih, saya akan mempelajarinya terlebih dahulu. Saya akan menghubungi Anda kembali nanti)

Client: Thank you. (Terima kasih)

Percakapan 2

Lawyer: Good afternoon, ma’am. Please have a seat. How can I help you? (Selamat siang, bu. Silakan duduk. Ada yang bisa saya bantu?)

Client: Thank you. I was in a car accident, and my doctor advised me to call a lawyer, so I’m here. (Terima kasih. Saya kecelakaan mobil, dan dokter saya menyarankan saya untuk menghubungi pengacara, jadi saya ke sini)

Lawyer: Okay. Could you describe the accident for me? (Oke. Bisa jelaskan kecelakannya?)

Client: Sure. I was driving. Right in the intersection of Apple and Grape Street, I was suddenly hit on my driver’s side. (Tentu saja. Saya menyetir. Tepat di perempatan Jalan Apel dan Anggur, saya tiba-tiba ditabrak di bagian kemudi)

Lawyer: Okay. How fast were you going? (Oke. Berapa kecepatan Anda?)

Client: Around 35 miles per hour. (Sekitar 35 mil per jam)

Lawyer: How fast was the other car going? (Berapa kecepatan mobil yang menabrak?)

Client: Maybe 40 miles per hour. (Mungkin 40 mil per jam)

Lawyer: I see. Were there any officers on the scene? (Oke. Apakah ada polisi di TKP?)

Client: Yeah, he took both of my and the other driver’s statements. The other driver said I hit him, and he’d sue me. But I swear I didn’t hit him. It was him who hit me. (Ya, dia sudah mendapat keterangan dari saya dan pengemudi yang lain. Pengemudi tersebut bilang saya menabraknya, dan dia akan menuntut saya. Tetapi sumpah saya tidak melakukannya. Dialah yang menabrak saya)

Lawyer: Ah I see. Were there any eyewitnesses? (Ah begitu. Apakah ada saksi mata?)

Client: Yeah there were two people. (Ya, ada dua orang)

Lawyer: Great. Well, I can help you for sure. I’m going to give you a copy of this file. I want you to take it home, read it over and bring it back to our next appointment. (Bagus. Saya bisa membantu Anda. Saya akan memberikan Anda salinan file ini. Saya ingin Anda membawanya ke rumah, membacanya, dan bawa lagi ke pertemuan kita selanjutnya)

Client: Okay. Thanks. (Oke. Terima kasih)