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So I learned about させる, that it's like to influence someone to do something.
Then we found this sentence on hunter x hunter. ミトさんは （ゴンさんに）ハンター （を）受けさせたくない
んだよ。

A bit of context, Mito don't want Gone to take the hunter exam. Now I would
translate 受けさせたくない as "not want to force him to take it", but my teacher told
me it was wrong. For a half hour, he tried to explain it to me but I still
didn't get it.

Can you guys help me? Thanks, Or
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conjugations causation
Please help me understand the させたくない form
～させる can also mean "to let (someone) do~~" "to allow (someone) to do~~". See
definition #2 in
[プログレッシブ和英中辞典](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/je/29075/meaning/m0u/):

> させる  
>  ・・・  
>  ２ 〔望みどおりにさせる〕let ((a person do))，allow ((a person to do))  
>  お前には好きなようにさせてやろう  
>  I will _let_ you do as you wish.  
>  一言述べさせていただきます  
>  _Let_ me [ _Allow_ me to] say one thing.／I'd like to say one thing, if I
> may.

so how about translating it as...

> ミトさんは（ゴンさんに）ハンター（を）受けさせたくないんだよ。  
>  "Mito-san doesn't want to _let_ Gon-san take the hunter exam."
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