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Is this translation correct?

[![遺伝子操作を問わず](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mihu7.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mihu7.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rmCVH.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rmCVH.jpg)

Or is it supposed to be "Even with genetic manipulation and posterior
education, creating a Level 5 is impossible?"
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Is this translation correct? Or is it saying "Even with that, we can't do this" instead of "Without that, we can't do this"?
`"Even with genetic manipulation and posterior education, creating a Level 5
is impossible?"` is correct.  
`問う` usually means `ask` but sometimes it also means `matter` (verb). So `問わず`
means `it doesn't matter`.
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I think a better translation might be:

> Even with genetic manipulation and education, forcing the generation of a
> Level 5 from a cloned body is impossible.

I eliminated posterior because the phrase "posterior education", though I
understand it, is not typically said in English.

Regarding the use of "force", 発生させる is a causative verb so this sentence is
talking about "causing" creation rather than creation in general. I suspect
this sentence comes after the speaker made a lot of attempts and finally
decided that he cannot "make" the act of creation happen. I don't think he's
actually saying that it cannot happen as the translation suggests.

Hope this helps
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