1. Older family members, who understood that the goal of marriage was to produce healthy sons, made the all-important decision of marriage.
    家里的长辈们认为结婚的目的就是要生下健康的儿子，因此有关婚姻的重要决定都是由他们作出的。

2. On the other hand, once a given agreement is made, it is the Japanese who sometimes wonder at the slow pace in which Westerners implement the decision.
    另一方面，一旦签署了某个协议，却常常是日本人惊讶于西方人履行协议时的拖沓。

3. Let me try to describe three or four characteristics of the Japanese environment that in some way affect decision-making or direction-taking and problem-solving.
    让我来描述一下日本民族的三四个文化背景特征，它们以某种方式影响着决策或者取向，以及解决问题的方式。

4. I haven´t decided yet,but I´ll let you know right after I have made my decision.
    我还没有决定,但是我做决定之后立即通知你.

5. It´s a matter for personal decision.
    这是须由个人作决定的问题.

6. It is imperative that we make a quick decision.
    我们要尽快做出决定.

7. I will send for the girl and you must tell her about the decision.
    我要派人去叫她。你必须把这个决定告诉她，

8. I can make this decision because I've gone down this road with patients many times.
    我之所以能做出这样的决定，是因为我多次碰到过这样的病人。

9. In 95 percent of the cases a sympathetic, reasonable decision can be made after appropriate discussion.
    有95%的病例，在恰当磋商之后，都能做出人道而合理的决定。

10. In 5 percent of cases where such a judgment cannot immediately be reached, the proper decision will become apparent after a few days or weeks of basic treatment, observing the patient's progress.
    另外的5%不能立即达成这样的决议。遇上这种病例，做上几天或数周的基本治疗，观察病人的进展之后，正确的决定就一目了然了。