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Direct linkChan, Clara Ho-yan – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
This paper proposes law drafting techniques, especially in Chinese, that aim to enhance the fluency and readability of Hong Kong bilingual legislation. The study is based on the plain language guide published by the Department of Justice of Hong Kong in 2012, with the goal of helping the current legislation to comply with the guidelines. Using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legislation, Language Usage, Bilingualism
