Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form . Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification. I refer to a recent letter on how Hong Kong could improve its judicial transparency by making its judgments available in Chinese (“Two steps the Hong Kong judiciary can take to bolster public trust”, February 14 ). What many fail to recognise is how convoluted the court’s English judgments are. Indeed, a large part of why judgments are primarily in English is because they are impossible to translate. So while it is true that Hong Kong’s courts can boost judicial transparency by translating its English judgments into Chinese, this is not the root of the issue. The true cause of the problem is the way cases are handled, and how judgments are crafted. To-the-point and direct judgments would allow citizens to hold the judiciary accountable. Judgments can be accessed from the judiciary’s website, but it is not commonplace for the average citizen to do so. When judgments span anywhere from 10 to 40 pages and are littered with complicated legal jargon, it is no wonder that people don’t bother. Take a recent judgment, CACC 5/2018 [2022] HKCA 387 , that’s available on the judiciary’s legal reference system. When downloaded as a PDF, it comes up to 29 pages, not counting the five pages of citations. It doesn’t help that the legal reference website looks incredibly outdated, further deterring citizens. An already time-consuming process, the translation of English judgments is even more taxing with convoluted legalese. With many terms or concepts having no direct equivalent in Chinese, translators have to devise a close relative – a laborious job indeed. Hong Kong’s system of open justice being lost in translation To exacerbate the situation, it seems that many of our judges are, in reality, being too lenient with counsel – too “diplomatic”. Many judgments outline the counsel’s lengthy arguments, often accepting irrelevant case citations. The judge’s job is not to protect counsel’s feelings, but to reach a fair conclusion in the most effective and rigid manner possible. Anything other than this is a waste of the court’s time and resources – on the taxpayer’s dollar – which is simply deplorable. Nadia Ho, Mid-Levels Tackle our wild pig problem before it’s too late According to a recent article on the problem of wild pigs in Canada, wild pigs are one of the most invasive mammals on earth, destroying the environment, attacking other animals and carrying as many as 89 diseases. The authorities there have found that only mass culling works as otherwise the pigs learn very quickly to evade capture. This brings me to our wild pig problem here in Hong Kong. We have had reports of pigs attacking and biting people in country parks without provocation. I implore officials to act now while the number of wild pigs is still manageable. Presumably the department dealing with this issue is not involved in fighting the fifth wave of Covid-19 and has plenty of time and resources at present. Bina Nihalani, Mid-Levels Staying home is bad enough without construction noise Two weeks ago the flat above ours started construction work and the drilling went on all day. Our daughter had to take her computer onto the balcony to do her online classes. We could not even speak to each other at a normal level. We have been told this work will go on until November, and the building management said they could do nothing. We are asked to work from home, study from home, and stay at home. How is this possible when we are bombarded daily with this horrific cacophony? At the best of times, this is unacceptable. However, these are the worst of times. I hope someone sensible in the government will look into this. Wendy Nesbitt, Pok Fu Lam