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日本の方からのご協力も大歓迎です

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So, my next sentence is

「実はあなたにとても重要な任務をまかせたいのです」

"The truth is I (have chosen) to entrust you (with a) very important duty."

実は >  Truth is the topic of the sentence.

あなたに > Anata (You) ni (are the object of the proceeding ?Verb?)

とても重要な任務を > Totemo (Something very) Jyuuyou (Important) ninmu (Duty) o (The "very important Duty" is the object of the next verb)

まかせたい > makaseta (The past tense of Entrust) i? (I don't understand the use of い in this case, does this indicate something?)

の > No (Proceeding all of that indicates that this instance of の is a "Generic Noun" that possesses all of the preceding phrase's qualities.  I believe?)

です > Desu (Is/yes/This is how it is.  Generic end to a statement of truth.)

I'm not 100% on this (Very much the opposite);  I've just started into the grammar of Japanese, and I'm trying to build a basis of understanding by doing sooo;  I honestly haven't fully gotten into the conjugation of verbs yet, but they are easier to ignore because if I find the root verb I can usually derive the general tense by looking at a verb chart (Without having learned the chart by heart), but I am trying to understand the particles, and how they relate the parts of the sentence.

Thanks for the help in advance.