More problem sentences and expressions

Hi. This is a bunch of problem phrases and sentences from a business report about a company's plans to expand into America. I apologise in advance for any typos that may have crept in. At my very rudimentary level I easily miss them.

1. ごぞんじのように、...

Prefixes the opening statement about the company's plans. Could it mean "As you know, ..."?


2. ...げんざいまでのじょうきょうが、ファックスで送らあ 黷ﾄまいりました。

I get "...the up-to-date status has been sent by fax", but I'm not sure exactly what meaning is added by まいりました.


3. さきほど、おくばりした資料を、ごらんください。

I get "Please look at the materials I distributed earlier", but I am unsure about おくばりした mean? Is it お-くばり + した, being a respectful form of "distributed"?


4. うちのほうとしましても、...

I've no idea what this means. It prefixes a comment that they don't have sufficient budget to buy a certain piece of land.


5. ...サンフランシスコから、５０キロということで、ちあ 蛯ﾁと、遠いとお思いになるかもしれませんが、あちらあ ﾉは、フリーウェイがありますし、それほどでもないそうです。

I get: "... being 50 km from San Fransisco, I wondered it it was a little too far, but with the freeway it's apparently not that bad."

In それほどでもないそおです, what does でも mean?


6. あとは、アメリカ人の社員をやとおうと考えております 。

I get: "I think that later we can <something> American employees."

I can't figure out やとおう. Could it be やとう + おう?


7. その後、少しずつ、アメリカ人の社員をふやしていって 、５年後には、２００人にする計画です。

My transation: "After that, the plan is to gradually increase the number of American employees to 200 after five years."

I seem to be having a mental blank about いって. What is it doing here?

eeky said:

1. ごぞんじのように、...
Prefixes the opening statement about the company's plans. Could it mean "As you know, ..."?

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Yes.

eeky said:

2. ...げんざいまでのじょうきょうが、ファックスで送られてまいりました。
I get "...the up-to-date status has been sent by fax", but I'm not sure exactly what meaning is added by まいりました.

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That's a humble verb of 来る.

送られてまいりました＝送られてきました

eeky said:

3. さきほど、おくばりした資料を、ごらんください。
I get "Please look at the materials I distributed earlier", but I am unsure about おくばりした mean? Is it お-くばり + した, being a respectful form of "distributed"?

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Right. "お + the -masu form stem + する" is a common way to make the humble form of verbs.

eeky said:

4. うちのほうとしましても、...
I've no idea what this means. It prefixes a comment that they don't have sufficient budget to buy a certain piece of land.

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on our side

a polite/formal expression of うちとしても/こちらとしても

eeky said:

5. ...サンフランシスコから、５０キロということで、ちょっと、遠いとお思いになるかもしれませんが、あちらには、フリーウェイがありますし、それほどでもないそうです。
I get: "... being 50 km from San Fransisco, I wondered it it was a little too far, but with the freeway it's apparently not that bad."
In それほどでもないそおです, what does でも mean?

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それほどでもない: not so much (than expected)

eeky said:

6. あとは、アメリカ人の社員をやとおうと考えております。
I get: "I think that later we can <something> American employees."
I can't figure out やとおう. Could it be やとう + おう?

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Yes. That's the volitional form of 雇う.

I'm/We're planning to employ~

eeky said:

7. その後、少しずつ、アメリカ人の社員をふやしていって、５年後には、２００人にする計画です。
My transation: "After that, the plan is to gradually increase the number of American employees to 200 after five years."
I seem to be having a mental blank about いって. What is it doing here?

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増やしていく = "-te form + いく"

literally "to continue increasing"

eeky said:

5. ... サンフランシスコから、５０キロということで、ちょっ と、遠いとお思いになるかもしれませんが、あちらには 、フリーウェイがありますし、それほどでもないそうです。

I get: "... being 50 km from San Fransisco, I wondered it it was a little too far, but with the freeway it's apparently not that bad."

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You aren't wondering ("you" being the speaker). It's "you may think that's a bit far, but they have freeways over there, and I hear it's not as bad as it seems." お思いになる is an honorific expression. This is the opposite of お + -masu stem + する (humble), and is only used for people outside your in-group (as in, not the speaker). Humble and honorific expressions show you who's doing what without the subjects being explicitly stated in this way. Also, かもしれない is a pretty good indicator the speaker isn't talking about his thoughts.

Toritoribe said:

That's a humble verb of 来る.
送られてまいりました＝送られてきました

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Thanks Toritoribe. So would that (literally) just mean that the fax was sent and has come (i.e. has arrived)?

Toritoribe said:

on our side
a polite/formal expression of うちとしても/こちらとしても

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I don't get literally what と + して + も means here (I often have problems with と and も). Should I worry about this, or should I just ignore it and treat it as a set expression?

Glenn said:

You aren't wondering ("you" being the speaker)....

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Thanks Glenn, your explanation picked up on several things I hadn't noticed.

eeky said:

I don't get literally what と + して + も means here (I often have problems with と and も). Should I worry about this, or should I just ignore it and treat it as a set expression?

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What's the full sentence?

Glenn said:

What's the full sentence?

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うちのほうとしましても、それいじょうの土地を買うた めの予算は、ちょっと出せませんので、残念ですが、あ きらめなければならないような、じょうきょうになって まいりました。

That's this:

として
（連語）
(1)資格・立場などを表す。「…で」「…であって」の意を表す。
「代表―出席する」「日本人―恥ずべき行為だ」

The thing you want to pay attention to is として. The も is stuck to that. It's used to show a position, so here's it's used to show that "we" aren't in the position to buy more land because it isn't in the budget, so they'll have to give up on it.

There's a little more to it than that, but I think that's a good starting point. (Second time I've used that phrase tonight)