In any country where official bilingualism is coupled with State bijuridism, translation is, of necessity, not far behind, and has to be performed through a comparative law process. These two activities are more closely related than is generally thought. It is not surprising to find among comparatists legal specialists who are knowledgeable about legal translation, while translators are trained jurilinguists. Canada has long stood out as a leader in these fields. Over two centuries, the country has applied a comprehensive range of procedures and methods to translating legal texts. Originally literal and slavish, today’s translations are freer. Equivalence, whose history is summarized in the article, has become “functional,” and codrafting (bilingual English and French) has developed into a method for preparing bilingual legislation. However, textual equivalence is still problematic and the issue of interpretation of legal texts, whether translated or codrafted, is far from settled. In the legal field, translation demands jurilinguistic know-how in order to produce a “functionally” equivalent target text, meaning a harmonious relationship between the letter and the spirit of the legal message. I argue that translator-jurilinguists, upon completing their analysis, can produce the “alta traduzione” that, according to R. Sacco, only a comparative lawyer can achieve.