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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..."?
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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。。。」
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.
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