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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).
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「私はこれ自体、私たちが取り組んでいる児童虐待のレベルについて一定の基準となるものだと思う。」
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"I think this itself puts some measure of perspective on the level of child abuse we are dealing with."


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今、次の行動の方向性を選ぶのは北アイルランド国務長官のピーター・ハイン氏に任されている。
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It is now up to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain to choose the next course of action.


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米国商工会議所副社長、ウィリアムL.コヴァックスは「もし提案が効力を発揮するならば、それは”経済にとっては破壊的である”」と言った。
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One of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce vice presidents, William L. Kovacs, said if the the proposal is put into effect that it "will be devastating to the economy."