TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
PROBLEM: シュガーは、以前、役割のどちらかを選択するように急き立てられていた。

SOLUTION: Sugar was previously being pushed to choose between the roles.

PROBLEM: リトビネンコ氏はロシアの大統領ウラジミール・プーチン氏の強い批判者で、彼が11月下旬に放射性物質による毒殺でロンドンで死亡する直前、リトビネンコ氏はプーチン氏が彼の殺害を命じたと糾弾していた。

SOLUTION: Litvinenko was a strong critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and shortly before he died in London from radiation poisoning in late November, Litvinenko accused Putin of ordering his assassination.

PROBLEM: ３０００年から５０００年前に生息していたアイルランドの古代のヒグマの最後の種の化石は、北極グマにも現代のヒグマにも一致しない異なる遺伝子紋を持っている。

SOLUTION:
Fossils from the last species of ancient brown bears in Ireland, living from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago, have a different genetic fingerprint, matching neither that of polar bears nor of modern brown bears.