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Mika J.

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Jun 19, 2013, 2:08:59 PM6/19/13

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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:51 AM, B. Benjaminson <benj...@gmail.com> wrote:

He told the truth.

I think so too, Betsy. It is my experience that this sort of expressions, showing a human side of one party, tends to be stripped dry when conveyed into the other language, not only in the J to E direction, but also in the E to J direction. The translation can comes out with a warped sense of emotion.

Let's see another one.
> 瀧本です。
> 上院の公聴会に呼ばれたという記事を新聞で見ました。
> 全ては、かつての開発の完成度が不十分だった事が原因だと思いまうので、ほんとに申し訳なく思います。

This 原因 should not be translated into 'cause' unless one wants to morph this statement into a gotcha!-inducing-self-incrimination. It's not our job as translators to fabricate criminality, which is to be established in due process for the good of the society as a whole.
I read it as: "I'm very sorry to you, as I believe this whole thing transpired from..."

The English language readers may draw their own conclusion with their own confirmation bias, but that's not our problem.