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).

[Q]: スティーヴンスは、すぐに彼の有罪判決を上訴して、無罪を主張し続けた。
[A]: Stevens immediately appealed his conviction and has maintained his innocence.


[Q]: Harge一家は、それらと、伝えられるところでは同じ付近でスウェーデンの国境を侵したとされる旧ソビエト連邦と初期ロシア連邦の潜水艦とを比較する。
[A]: The Harge family compares them to the submarines of the former Soviet Union and the early Russian Federation which allegedly violated Sweden's border in the same vicinity.


[Q]: その時に熱い油が氷を完全に溶かすのに十分な量になるので、このことは燃料の需要がより少ない時は起こらない。
[A]:
This does not occur when fuel demand is lower, as the hot oil then becomes sufficient to entirely melt the ice.