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最近は「アイデンティティ」とか「コンプライアンス」などのことばも使われている。日本語でうまく言えないから、使われるのかもしれない。しかし、日本語で言えるのに、外来語を使うのは問題だ。例えば、よく「ポリシー」と言う人がいるが、「考え方」とか「やり方」と言ったほうがずっと正確でわかりやすい場合が多い。

I know that 日本語で言える means something along "...you can say it in Japanese". I just think I'm missing the subject in the bolt sentence and its connection with the form "で言う", as he changes from potential (言える) to passive (使われる). This mitigates also to the next sentence, so in total I would interpret this and the following passage like:

Since I(?)/people(?) can't say (these words) properly in Japanese, they might be used (in Katakana form). But when one can say them in Japanese, using foreign words is a problem. For example, there are people that often say "policy" but, rather saying "考え方” or "やり方”, is much more accurate and easily understood in most cases.

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    The subject is just それらのことばは、日本語でうまく言えないから使われる, "these words are used because they are inexpressible in Japanese," rather than 私たちは日本語でうまく言えないからそれらの言葉が使われる, like you say: その種は食べられない "These seeds are inedible" その星は見えない "The star is invisible", where the subjects are 種, 星, not 私たち.
    – Chocolate
    Aug 16, 2016 at 1:35

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日本語で言える may usually be translated as "I/you/somebody can say it in Japanese," but it could also be translated as "It can be said in Japanese." After all, を changes to が for both passive and potential conjugations (usually).

日本語でうまく言えないから、使われるのかもしれない。
Maybe (literally: it can't be known if) they are used because they (the words) can't be said well in Japanese.

Then it goes on to say, "However, using foreign/imported words even when they can be said in Japanese is a problem."

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    (1) Because they (the words) can't be said well in Japanese, I don't know... -> You should parse the sentence as [{日本語でうまく言えないから、使われる}のかもしれない]。 かもしれない modifies not just 使われる but the whole 日本語でうまく言えないから使われる. "They are used maybe because you can't say them in Japanese well." (2) But even if they could be said properly, using foreign words is a problem. -> You should parse it as: [{日本語で言えるのに、外来語を使う}のは問題だ]。The subject of ~のは問題だ is not just 外来語を使う but the whole 日本語で言えるのに外来語を使う. "It's a problem that you use gairaigo even though you can say them in Japanese."
    – Chocolate
    Aug 13, 2016 at 2:14
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The subject of this sentence is

(人々は/私たちは)日本語でうまく言えないから、(それらが/カタカナ言葉が/横文字{よこもじ}が)使われるのかもしれない。

The translation wouldn't be "Since I can't say" because 使う is in the passive form 使われる, which kind of gives the nuance of generally being used by many people.

If the subject is I, then I'd say

日本語でうまくいえないから、使うのかもしれない。

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