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In Hungarian courts a contract that you cannot read is invalid, or at least, highly contestable in court. So translations are needed. I guess it must be the sam
by kome 3y ago
In Hungarian courts a contract that you cannot read is invalid, or at least, highly contestable in court. So translations are needed. I guess it must be the same in many other jurisdictions.
- biztos 3y agoI can confirm this, when dealing with a Hungarian court I was asked repeatedly whether I understood what was going on and what exactly I was agreeing to. I did, but it was good of them to check.
- bzzzt 3y agoOf course, otherwise you might end up with a hovercraft full of eels ;)
- psychlops 3y agoThis would support the counterparty requiring a translation, but doesn't explain why the bureaucracy would need it.
- londons_explore 3y agobecause the bureaucracy also cares that the contract is valid. There are probably all kinds of tricks you could pull by being married for a bit, then declaring the marriage false all along, but not going through the official divorce process.
- psychlops 3y agoA contract is between parties. The governments role is to arbitrate in the case of disputes not to help craft the original document and ensure understanding.
- londons_explore 3y agoNot in the case of this contract, because it also enables the parties to, for example, become eligible for government incentives to be married.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoIsn't this a case of "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"? Requiring both parties to prove they understand the contract is probably more cost-effective in terms of, well, cost - and time - than it is to actually go on to litigate things.
- psychlops 3y agoPerhaps, but it's simply not the way things have been done. For example, I cannot imagine a legal infrastructure that would allow people to understand Terms Of Service. And that is with everyone using their own language.