副(ふく)大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) fukudaitouryouは wa大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) daitouryouに ni代(か)わ()っ()て() kawatte式(しき)典(てん) shikitenに ni出(しゅっ)席(せき) shussekiした shita。 The vice president attended the ceremony on behalf of the president. Literal Vice-president [topic-は] president [substitute-に代わって] ceremony [target-に] attended. ~に代わって is a more formal variant of ~のかわりに — 'on behalf of/in place of.' 式典 means 'ceremony.' politics
副(ふく)大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) fukudaitouryouは wa大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) daitouryouに ni代(か)わ()っ()て() kawatte式(しき)典(てん) shikitenに ni出(しゅっ)席(せき) shussekiした shita。 The vice president attended the ceremony on behalf of the president. Literal Vice-president [topic-は] president [substitute-に代わって] ceremony [target-に] attended. ~に代わって is a more formal variant of ~のかわりに — 'on behalf of/in place of.' 式典 means 'ceremony.' politics