text: give a standard set of English and French equivalents for the Spanish terms used to designate certain judicial steps which are basic to all criminal proceedings but whose terminology varies widely from country to country. Most of these terms come from the criminal procedure codes of the countries concerned; others will be found in the glossary itself. The 11 steps listed are those usually met with where an offence is the subject of a full judicial investigation before trial; in England, for example, where an indictable offence has been committed. Most covtntries also have a summary procedure for trying minor offences, and where this is used many of the steps shown in the table will be omitted. The table has not yet been expanded to include French-speaking countries. However, many entries for these countries appear in the body of the glossary, and where they do, the same set of English equivalents has been used in translating them. This should help to ensure uniformity in the translation of procedural terras used in civil law systems, not only from French and Spanish into English but also from French into Spanish and vice versa. The English equivalents mentioned above are used in the glossary and the table with the following meanings, which in most cases are the generally accepted ones: Arrest (see column 4) means the act of restraining a person (the person arrested or person under arrest) and detaining him for a short period to enable him to be brought before a magistrate; detention means the act of confining a person (the untried prisoner or prisoner awaiting trial, or the prisoner awaiting sentence) pending investigation of a charge against him, or S/ The explanatory wording in the table which was not in English in document TERM/32 has been left as it was. 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a specific aspect of law and legal terminology, specifically the translation of judicial terms from Spanish to English and French. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a specialized field of study. The focus on criminal proceedings and legal procedures suggests that the text is related to the administration of justice and the legal system.