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This would support the counterparty requiring a translation, but doesn't explain why the bureaucracy would need it.

• londons_explore 3y ago
  because 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 ago
    A 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 ago
      Not 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 ago
      Isn'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 ago
        Perhaps, 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.