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I have the following sentence to translate.

```

    日本はカリフォルニア州と同じぐらいの大きさで
    ほとんどのヨーロッパの国々より大きいということはあまり知られていない
    
```

I am having trouble translating the second half.

```

    Japan is about the same size as the state of California and
    as for it being bigger than most European countries, it is not (being) known very well.
    
```

Can anyone offer any hints about what the author is trying to say?
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translation passive-voice
Translation Help with Passive Sentence
Here are two suggestions. I think both are ok and other variations are
possible. It would be interesting to hear people's comments.

> It is not very well known that Japan is about the same size as the state of
> California and much bigger than most European countries.
>
> The fact that Japan is about the same size as the state of California and
> much bigger than almost every country in Europe is not very known.

The "fact that" aligns the sentence to "ということ”, "almost every" is close to
"ほとんど".

I am taking it that both facts are not well known.
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