没登记在册 算什么证物?
“They're not registered. How are they evidence?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么证物?
“What evidence?”
没 登记在册 算什么 证物?
“They're not registered. How are they evidence?”
可是
“But…”
“Follow the procedure; this thing is legally worthless without official records.”
In traditional and modern Chinese legal administrative culture, strict procedural documentation ('being on record') is paramount to establish institutional authority and legitimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
officially registered / entered into the records
A formal four-character idiom frequently used in administrative, legal, or inventory contexts.
hardly counts as / what kind of ... is that
A rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to strongly dismiss or diminish the value of something.