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> 彼らは工場を建設するだけの資金を持っている。

The translation on Jisho is: "They have enough capital to build a second
factory."
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grammar words particle-だけ
What's the role of だけの in this sentence?
だけ of course mainly means "only", but it has other meanings. `clause + だけ` can
mean "to the degree that ～".

[On JGram](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=dake), the following
examples are relevant.

>   * この本は読むだけの価値がある。  
>  This book is certainly worth reading.  
>  (lit. "This book has the value to the extent you read")
>   * 日本語がこれだけ書ければとてもすばらしいと思います。  
>  I think it's great that you can write Japanese like this. (or: this much,
> to this extent)
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(wanted to just leave a comment, but I don't have enough points or
something...)

I think it's a typo. Should be: これだけ書けばとても、、、

Edit --

あら！The 書ければ form is indeed correct. 書く=to write, 書ける=is able to write, 書ければ=
if __ were able to write. 間違いました！m(_ _)m
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