Understanding 「その中で私たちが思っていたのと違った答えだったのは。。。」


Consider the following:

> **その中で私たちが思っていたのと違った答えだったのは、** 「敬語はフェイクで、敬語を使わなかったら、人ともっと近くなれる」というのでした。

I'm having trouble understanding the beginning of this sentence. According to
an auto-translator, it means the following:

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9e7wi.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9e7wi.png)

**Question:** Why does this translate to " **the only** answer that was
different than what we were thinking was", as opposed to " **some responses**
which were different than what we were thinking were..."?




The original text says nothing about the number of such responses. If there
are multiple such responses, the following can be a perfectly correct
translation.

> その中で私たちが思っていたのと違った答えだったのは、……でした。
>
>   * Among them, responses that were different than what we were thinking
> included A, B, and C.
>   * One of the answers that were different from what we had expected was A.
>

When translating Japanese text into English, (machine-)translators often have
to make a guess about the number of things or implied subjects. The less
context given, the more mistakes they make.




The original text says nothing about the number of such responses. If there
are multiple such responses, the following can be a perfectly correct
translation.

> その中で私たちが思っていたのと違った答えだったのは、……でした。
>
>   * Among them, responses that were different than what we were thinking
> included A, B, and C.
>   * One of the answers that were different from what we had expected was A.
>

When translating Japanese text into English, (machine-)translators often have
to make a guess about the number of things or implied subjects. The less
context given, the more mistakes they make.

