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Do contracts have to be in Chinese to be enforceable? |
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Written by Winkler Partners
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 13:30 |
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No, contracts do not have to be in Chinese. The parties may freely choose any language for a contract and such a contract should be enforceable. Parties may also adopt a bilingual contract with one prevailing language in the event of a dispute. The working language of the courts in Taiwan is Chinese and a Chinese language translation of any agreement in dispute would have to be submitted to the court in the event of a dispute. The risk with a bilingual contract would be that there would be an agreed Chinese version of the contract between the parties on which a court may choose, in practice, to rely upon. Extra care must, therefore, be taken with the Chinese translation in a bilingual version to ensure that it accurately reflects the prevailing language.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 March 2008 10:29 |
