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> このアニメは、戦争の中で育った女の子が、 **誰かの代わりに** 手紙を書く仕事をして、愛や人の気持ちを知る話です。  
>  This anime is a story about a girl who grew up during the war who works on
> writing letters 誰かの代わりに and experiences love and people's feelings.

I'm struggling to understand 誰かの代わりに in this sentence. A literal reading would
be "instead of someone" but that makes no sense. I assume it means that she
writes letters for other people, but I can't understand how it can mean that.

Also, the end of my translation -- and experiences love and people's feelings
-- feels off. I'm not sure how to translate 知る here.
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Meaning of 誰かの代わりに
> **誰かの代わりに** 手紙を書く仕事をして、

Would "write letters on behalf of someone (or, her clients)" make sense?

> 愛や人の気持ちを **知る** 話です。

Would "learn" make sense? Like... "learns (what) love (is)" "learns
people/human's emotions (such as love, sorrow, happiness etc.)" (implying
戦争の中で育った女の子 had not known 愛や人の気持ち before she started this 仕事)
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