我知道，在日本，他们在做生意之前喜欢先经营彼此关系。

I know that like in Japan, they like to cultivate relationships first before they do business with one another.

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只要有关到底该将消费税提高到什么程度的讨论依旧含糊不清，大部分人们都赞同有必要先理顺日本负债累累的公共财产。

Provided discussion of exactly how high taxes would have to rise was left vague, most people were sympathetic to the need to put Japan’s debt-ridden public finances in order.

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只要有关到底该将消费税提高到什么程度的讨论依旧含糊不清，大部分人们都赞同有必要先理顺日本负债累累的公共财产。

Provided discussion of exactly how high taxes would have to rise was left vague, most people were sympathetic to the need to put Japan's debt-ridden public finances in order.

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I began with their ideas of Japan and what did they know, because I knew that they knew very little.

我先让他们写了对日本的看法,和了解多少，因为我知道他们的知识很有限。

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And I know that like in Japan, they like to cultivate relationships first before they do business with one another,

我知道，在日本，人们在做生意之前先经营彼此关系。

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