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When translating some juridical text, I meet words, that are written in
capitalized letters, or at least only first letter is capitalized. Should I
transmit it somehow into Japanese, when translating? How about japanese
juridical documents? For example:

> " **WITNESS WHEREOF** , the parties hereto have caused this **Agreement** to
> be signed ... "
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translation business-japanese
Capitalized letters in juridical documents - into Japanese
We often see the first or all letters being capitalized in western legal
documents and agreement forms, or in the case of characterizing or emphasizing
the subject in a statement in journalism.

The example, "WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be signed" you suggested looks very odd, if it's done in an official
Japanese language document.

We don't do that in legal or official documents written in Japanese because we
don't have capital letters. If you want to emphasize a particular word or
phrase you can show it with a bracket - 「」. But it's uncommon to do so in
Japanese language legal forms, and you don't need to venture to do it.
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