Translate the passage below into French and into Japanese.

Passage:
"Look, I'm not going to beat around the bush. The launch was a train wreck. Marketing dropped the ball, engineering was flying blind, and by the time anyone pulled the plug we were deep in the red. Still, we live and learn."

Requirements:
- Preserve the register. This is a blunt, informal remark from a manager to peers in a closed meeting. It is not a press release, and it is not crude.
- Do not translate the idioms literally. For each idiomatic expression, use the natural equivalent in the target language.
- Japanese must use an appropriate level of formality for this setting, and you must state which level you chose and why.

After each translation, provide a table with the columns:
English idiom | Your rendering | Literal back-translation | What was lost or gained

Then answer:
1. Which idiom has the weakest equivalent in each target language, and how did you compensate?
2. "In the red" is an accounting metaphor. Does the color metaphor survive in both languages? Say what each language does instead if it does not.
3. Which is harder to carry across, the idioms or the register? Defend your answer.