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In this task, given a sentence in the Japanese language, your task is to convert it into the English language.
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双龍の労働者は、従業員の36％カットへの抗議として、5月22日から彼らの工場を占拠していた。
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Workers at SsangYong have been occupying their factory since May 22 in protest against a 36% cut in employees there.


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マサチューセッツ上院議員テッド・ケネディによって、「新しい世紀の、最初の大きな新市民権議案」と表現される、遺伝子差別禁止法案は、現在下院に送り返され、そこで、来週早い時期に承認されるだろう。
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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, described by Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy as "the first major new civil rights bill of the new century," will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where it could be approved as early as next week.


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市の居住区の約２３パーセントは今は空っぽだ。
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Approximately 23 percent of the city’s living quarters are now empty.