In this task, you are given a sentence in the Swedish 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: Den återger kontrasten mellan premiärminister Baraks personliga fredsansträngningar och den reserverade hållningen, den rent av fysiska frånvaron, hos Damaskus starke man, president Assad, vid förhandlingsbordet i Förenta staterna.

A: It contrasts Prime Minister Barak' s personal peace efforts and the distant attitude, even physical absence, of the strong man of Damascus, President Assad, at the negotiations in the United States.
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Q: Men så förhåller det sig givetvis inte, eftersom en sådan kvot skulle vara orealistisk.

A: This is patently not the case, since such a quota would not be realistic.
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Q: Det kan inte ursäkta allt det vi har stött på.

A:
That cannot excuse everything that we came across.
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