This is so weird. I got my JP translation no problem whatsoever, no questions asked. This was at the Hsinchu DMV.
OP: Keep your cool, and donât yell at officials. In my experience, youâre likely to get better results by acting humbly and looking forlorn. : D
Also: always keep your eyes on the prize. Stay calm and donât give up.
Guy
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Ask them for a copy of the gongwen that says that the translation has to be that way. There is an open law in force, if they say they cannot show it to you, then ask your Taiwanese boss. If they also give the boss the run-around, rather than yelling, embarrass them: go public, bring news media in.
No public official can pick his nose without a gongwen saying so.
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Banqiao was very friendly and helpful. Youâll get the real story there without having go ballistic on them.
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Probably the best method is as icon states. If they wont communicate with you, public loss of face is the best action. Though people here tend to be a bit bitter and vengeful in such circumstances, so i highly recommend recording and documenting everythig as proof. They record and document you, so its even steven.
Seems a fe of us have had no problem getting the jap translation. Its impossible to have this doubles standard legally. As such there are w possibilities:
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The person you talked to is an asshole
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The people we talked are ignorant and broke their own rules.
Learn to pick your battles, and use these types of scenarios to your advantage. Everyone else does.
Welcome to Taiwan 
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If you read any of the posts above youâd see that there is likely a time when a change was made. When did you get your JP translation no problem whatsoever?
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Around this time last year, IIRC.
Or thereâs some kind of reciprocity issue? That seems to be a thing the DMV here does sometimes.
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Hello Everyone. There is a happy ending to this⌠Though not totally satisfied.
I did get the Japanese Translation - I got it on visiting my 4th Traffic department. Bade Rd not possible, huge fight. Shilin not possible,same story. Banqiao, not possible but 1 guy there spoke English.
For the banqiao case, he gave me every excuse - saying its japansâ rule, etc⌠I told me lets get the Japanese Consulate on the phone - and he did. The consulate said they have no problem and I should get the translation. But the guy at the MOT didnât give it to me - he changed his excuse to say the system would not accept ARPC numbers, so its not possible. I left.
I went to Shulin MOT. Got the translation instantly, no questions asked. I got 2 copies! 100NT each. One I will put in a fire proof safe!!! The other I will take to Japan!
As for my original nasty argument at Bade Rd. In a sense I do feel fully justified, as every excuse was bullshit, and I legitimately countered every excuse. They were the ones lying to my face. But as âExplantâ mentioned in the comments above - pick your battles⌠and I guess he is right.
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Why does it accept them when applying for a license?
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They probably remember the shit show when they encountered me some years ago.
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you sound so pissed that you should go to the previous offices and show them your translation to troll them on their chabuduoism.
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RacismâŚ
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Donât advise this one! I tried it when I had an IDP that covered âheavyâ motorcycles fully stamped up by BaDe Rd (!) DMV and was looking to swap my home license for a Taiwanese license. Keelung DMV were refusing to swap the motorcycle part and would only swap the car part saying that foreigners licenses didnât count, blah, blah, blah, I showed them my stamped up IDP and they tried to call BaDe Rd to cancel it!
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Yeah I concur. They will get pissed at the loss of face and give the shulin office crap for that.
Bade road transfered my home licence into car and scooter but refused to give me a transfer to heavy bike. I tried again in Taichung a year later. They called around and found out that bade shouldnât have transferred to a scooter for me either as there is no reciprocal agreement in my area with scooters just Cars. Fortunately they said since they made a mistake donât worry about it.
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Seems very likely! Worth checking out as the gov here openly states that is exactly the case with licenses.
I ran a red on a right turn when i first moved here and.was on an international license. I pleaded with the police to give a ticket for not presenting my license ($300) rather than the right turn on red ($1000+). They did. Found out that with not showing.license fine, you must go, to the dmv and show your license and pay. Did that Turns out my province only has a 30 day durration compared to ther provinces. I was under the impression i had 90. $8000+ for driving without a license. Had a taiwanese license 3 days later. I think tempogain migh be right.
But if they wont translate a taiwanese license due to aprc number, that deserves a strong tongue lashing. multiple times.
For the record, my japanese translation was on my taiwanese license and also brought a taiwan issued international drivers license. I drive in my home country with my taiwanese license while on vacation. Canada wont allow you to have a license in another countryâŚthey actually confiscated my taiwanese one many years ago. crooked fugs.
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Should have asked for a no helmet ticket.
It was a car, if i ask that i likely need to give a blood and / or pee sanple 
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does this online service function if you are outside of Japan?, with vpn perhaps, then pick up your translation from 7_11 when you arrive?
they are vengeful shits in this regard.
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