Did anyone else watch Amanda and Raffaele's personal statements to the court today?

[pnwmom]

Reactions?

[Tx4obama]

1. I saw Amanda's.

Her Italian has really improved, her's is now better than mine ;(

Amanda sounded pretty believable.

I missed Raffaele's statement.

[MADem]

3. You got the Italian feed? Lucky you!

I had to endure the very loud "acting" of an Italian translator--I think the translation was fairly accurate (based on the syntax) but I would have preferred to hear Ms. Knox give the statement herself.

[Tx4obama]

4. No, I listened on the CNN live stream link

I turned up my TV real loud and I could her Amanda speaking Italian.
I just focused on Amanda and didn't listen to what the lady translator was saying.

[MADem]

5. I was getting it through regional news--no hope of hearing anything

but the overly dramatic translator!

I could probably find the RAI coverage if I bothered to look, but I didn't!

[MADem]

2. I wish I could have heard it in Italian, which I can understand fairly well

though I haven't spoken it in years. I heard the translator, who was overly dramatic--way more dramatic than Ms. Knox appeared to be. It was a decent and coherent summation, though--plainly enough to make the sale.

I didn't hear the lad's statement.

[Tx4obama]

6. Here's some links to Amanda and Raffaele speaking in Italian withOUT the translator's voice

Amanda: http://video.corriere.it/dichiarazioni-amanda/90c39d46-eda7-11e0-8721-690dea02417b

Raffaele: http://video.corriere.it/dichiarazioni-spontanee-raffaele/b1955b40-eda2-11e0-8721-690dea02417b


And other videos regarding the trial in Italian:
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/11_ottobre_03/multimedia_perugia_63358ef6-edb2-11e0-8721-690dea02417b.shtml

Enjoy! :)

[MADem]

7. Grazie mille!!! nt

[pnwmom]

8. Thanks! I don't speak Italian,

but I think Amanda, especially, conveyed so much just in the tone of her voice and in her carriage. I almost preferred to just listen to her speak rather than to hear the translator. Later, I saw a version with subtitles -- much better.

I am still impressed that neither of them turned on the other for a better deal. I think Raffaele, especially, probably could have gotten a great deal from Mignini, if he had offered up the "witch" with a false statement implicating her. But he had the strength of character to resist the temptation. A heroic action in his young life.