LYNN – A city man was arraigned Monday in Lynn District Court while on speakerphone with an interpreter. But eliminating the language barrier did not clarify how the defendant’s wife ended up with a knife in her lower back.”Despite the very serious allegation here, I would like to echo what the prosecutor has stated, that it is unclear exactly how this injury was sustained,” court-appointed Defense Attorney Todd Murphy said Monday. “I think there was some confusion in translation with (the alleged victim) about whether this might have been an accident.”Puran Limbu, 26, of 5 Huss Court #3, was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon at 10:09 p.m. Saturday.He was arraigned on the charge while on speakerphone with a Nepali interpreter Monday and pleaded not guilty to the charge.Police responded to the Huss Court address to help EMS with a medical call at 9:20 p.m. Saturday.An emergency worker told police that Limbu was on the kitchen floor and was semi-conscious and drunk, according to a report by Lynn Police Officer Gregory Brotherton. Police reported the alleged victim had a one- to two-inch-deep puncture wound to her lower back.Five family members were also in the home, but none reported seeing the alleged stabbing, and only one spoke “a little English,” police reported.But Brotherton reported he spoke with the alleged victim and “was able to determine that (the alleged victim) was stabbed in the back by her husband, Puran Limbu.”Both the defendant and the alleged victim were taken to Union Hospital.But with the help of the interpreter, both Essex Assistant District Attorney Katelyn Giliberti and Murphy were able to learn a little more about the circumstances of the alleged incident.Limbu returned home drunk and was cooking food when he got into an argument with his wife, both attorneys agreed.Giliberti told the court the alleged victim had told her earlier the alleged victim wanted Limbu to go to bed and tried to take the kitchen utensils away.”In her attempts to put the utensils away and stop him from cooking, when she opened the drawer she stepped back and the knife went into her,” Giliberti said the alleged victim had told her Monday morning.Both attorneys agreed the alleged victim had said she did not want to pursue any charges.Nevertheless, Giliberti requested $5,000 cash bail and that Limbu stay away from the Huss Court home and have no contact with the alleged victim.Murphy requested the defendant be released on personal recognizance. Murphy noted the questions about whether this was a stabbing or a “drunken accident” and said the Commonwealth’s case was weak without the cooperation of the alleged victim.Murphy also questioned whether what had happened (and was currently happening) was, proverbially, lost in translation. The attorney asked how officers could have learned what happened if there was such a language barrier in the home.Murphy also questioned whether the defendant – who Murphy said had only been in Lynn for nine months – and the alleged victim understood the legal process.Police reported they could not explain to the alleged victim that she could apply for a restraining order, even with the relative translating.And after Judge Mary McCabe ordered Limbu released on the condition he stay away from the family and home, Limbu said (through the interpreter) that he did not understand why he couldn’t go home and see his wife.”Right now there is a criminal charge against you,” McCabe replied.”Can you explain this is a temporary thing during the pendency of the case?” Murphy interjected.Limbu is scheduled to return to court April 9.