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The following is an excerpt from a reply from my language partner:
アンドレアスさんの試みでは、対比させるには、例文が少し難しいと思います。

_For context:_ I tried out a rather overcomplicated structure in passive voice
because I wanted to see wether this is still grammatical/understandable or
not. I also wrote down the same sentence in the active voice and I asked for
her feedback.

Here are the 2 sentences (ridden with awful grammar):

passive voice:

> 例えば、チームのスパイ行為はチームにwhaleとsharkの言葉を選ばれるつもりだったら、「Fish,
> 2」という暗示を上げたらいいでしょう。この番号は代行者にスパイ行為が望言葉の分量を送ります。

Active voice:

> 例えば、チームのスパイ行為はチームがwhaleとsharkの言葉を選ぶつもりだったら、「Fish,
> 2」という暗示を上げたらいいでしょう。この番号は代行者にスパイ行為が望言葉の分量を送ります。

So, back to the sentence in question, here is my attempt at translation:
"Concerning your experiment, _? comparison ?_ I think the example sentence is
a bit difficult."

I don't know what to do with this causative verbform. I know it in context of
sentences like these: 先生が学生に宿題をたくさんさせた。-> "The teacher made the students do
lots of homework." But in context of the sentence in question, I really have
no idea how whoever has made whoever make a comparison xD I also don't really
know what to make of this second は in 対比させるには
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grammar causation
Why is causative form used here?
> アンドレアスさんの試みでは、対比させるには、例文が少し難しいと思います。  
>  I think your example sentence is a bit too difficult (for me) to make a
> (good) comparison (between passive voice and active voice).

So you're mainly interested in voices (passive/active interchangeability), but
she said "your example sentence is too difficult to discuss about that"
Actually, your example sentence has a number of more basic errors, and she
thought you needed to start with simpler sentences.

  * 対比させる and 対比する are interchangeable in this context. See this similar question: [Difference between 完成させる and 完成する (transitive usage only)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/27454/5010)
  * に after 対比させる is the purpose marker (="to", "in order", "for").
  * は after that is another topic/contrast marker. See: [Can we have two thematic は particles in a sentence?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5375/5010)
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