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Comments:There are many latinisms in English legal language, this being one of the most prominent. You will often hear translators and interpreters say that you can simply leave a Latin phrase as-is when interpreting or translating, especially as any Spanish-speaking attorney worth their salt would probably be familiar with the Latin phrase. 'Pro se', itself, almost sounds like something that has meaning in Spanish, and it is broadly used throughout the United States in translated materials provided by law firms, courts, and other agencies. As a result, some speakers may be familiar with the term. That said, the author has yet to find a native Spanish-language source which uses the phrase 'pro se' to describe the situation of a litigant appearing before a court without a lawyer. Most often, sources describe this as 'en representación propia' (for examples of this, at least in Spain, google 'proceso monitorio', equivalent to a default debt collection proceeding). Keep in mind that IJs often use several phrases in a row to describe pro se representation, so it's good to have several formulations handy.