TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: Vadan denna uppmärksamhet för elementära diplomatiska umgängesformer i en seg territoriell förhandlingsprocess?

SOLUTION: But why pay attention to such detail as basic diplomatic niceties in the face of a tough negotiation process over territory?

PROBLEM: Vetskapen om att ramen för förhållandet mellan Europaparlamentet och Europeiska kommissionen ännu inte är framförhandlad ledde till att vi var oense med föredraganden när vi diskuterade hans betänkande i utskottet.

SOLUTION: The knowledge that the framework relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission still remain to be negotiated led to our disagreement with the rapporteur when we debated his report in committee.

PROBLEM: Som ni kunnat konstatera ägde "den stora år 2000-buggen" aldrig rum. Däremot har invånarna i ett antal av våra medlemsländer drabbats av naturkatastrofer som verkligen varit förskräckliga.

SOLUTION:
Although, as you will have seen, the dreaded 'millennium bug' failed to materialise, still the people in a number of countries suffered a series of natural disasters that truly were dreadful.