Sentence nº22991
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我々は公立図書館を持つことを市民の当然の権利と考えている。
我々[われわれ] は 公立[こうりつ] 図書館[としょかん] を 持つ[もつ] こと を 市民[しみん] の 当然[とうぜん] の 権利[けんり] と 考え[かんがえ] て いる 。
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We take the public library for granted as a citizen's right.
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We take public libraries for granted although it's an important civil right.
I think both versions are valid, one emphasising the right, the other the library. Revisiting the issue, however, I got sceptical whether it was a good translation of the Japanese in the first place.
Consulting with a friend of mine, I think the Japanese should rather be translated as either:
"We consider it the citizens' legitimate right to have public libraries.", or
"We consider public libraries a legitimate citizen's right."
I'm therefore changing this sentence and adding the alternative.