I rarely take offense. So I hope you won't either 
when I say the following: I will still note that 
if you have no way of translating the Japanese 
yourself - even with software - you can't expect 
a deputy service to translate all the auction 
descriptions for you. No one has that kind of 
time. I wouldn't even dream of bothering any of 
my deputies for anything until I had read the 
auction description.

If you can't read it yourself, and don't have 
translation software, then try asking someone! I 
don't mind translating auction descriptions for 
people. I do it all the time. And there are 
others here who would do the same if asked 
nicely. Then you might not need bother a deputy.

As far as asking "smart" questions. . . I think 
you should ask any "smart" questions you have - 
but my list of what constitutes a "smart" 
question is apparently much more conservative 
than yours. The deputies need their IDs to be 
flawless much more than a standard bidder does, 
so if they feel they can't ask a question of 
yours in the name of not pestering a seller, then 
so be it.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac