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How do countries with more than one official language write their laws?

I'll use Canada as an example. When they translate a law from English to French, does it ever lose its intent or true meaning? Who does the translating?
gpt
They have the law in both languages. There are specialists who draft laws and its special language.  They also tend to do the translation work.  

Laws tend to be written in a peculiar style of writing that really is full of legalese and rather clunky.  Strangely enough, this makes translation somewhat easier since it typically prefers substance and utility over style.  They usually just do their best though, since whether something such as "statutory derivative action" is translated correctly makes minor differences in what it actually does or refers to.

Usually, one language will trump over the other in case there is an issue on interpretation or inconsistency.  Interpretation of laws is another topic that judges and lawyers will deal with and is another topic in itself.