two columns for bilingual docs like contract

two columns

\begin{table}[ht]
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}

This is the first column.\\

This is still in the first column.

\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}

This is the second column.

\end{minipage}
\end{table}