How about
We take the public library for granted as a citizen's right.
?
Any comment?
I know I shouldn't muddle here :P, but how about:
We take public libraries for granted although it's an important civil right.
I think you're over thinking that.
yeah I'm really bored :P
I've certainly over-thought this as well. After first stumbling across this sentence I went back and forth between these two versions, and still do.
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.
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