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Is the sentence

> 私の家族の一人は痩せて、かわいい

a correct translation of

> One of my family members is thin and cute

?
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Is this sentence 私の家族の一人は痩せて、かわいい the correct translation of
In this case, "私の家族の一人は" is correct. Although it might feel more natural to
specify which one(brother, sister, father, etc...).

However, the following change should be made :

> 痩せて > 痩せていて

Adding the "いて" is needed to reflect the ongoing state of being thin rather
than the plan or the action of loosing weight.
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Rather than やせていて, I think ほそくて would be a better description. やせていて almost
sounds negative, as in "too thin".

私の家族の一人はほそくてかわいい。

Google ほそくてかわいい and you'll get a bunch of images of thin and cute models and
idols.
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