instruction:
In this task, you are given a sentence in the English language and your task is to convert it into the Japanese language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
question:
Both areas had increasing rates until the southern side started to fall in the '90s, and in recent years the gap has significantly increased.
answer:
どちらの地域も率が上がり続けていたが、90年代に南部が下がり始め、最近ではその差が顕著に大きくなった。


question:
While a reduction in levies on petroleum products by the Centre and the State Government was a temporary solution, the long-term solution was to reduce consumption of petroleum products and promote research on their alternatives.
answer:
センターと州政府による石油製品の徴税額削減は一時的な対策だが、長期的な対策は石油製品の消費を削減して代替の研究を奨励することである。


question:
The steel frame of a four-storey building under construction in Vancouver collapsed.
answer:

バンクーバーの建設中の4階建ての建物の鉄骨が倒壊した。