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1. ダッシュボードにカスタムビューを保存できるようにしてほしいです。

   I would like the dashboard to save custom views.

   ダッシュボード

   dashboard

   カスタムビュー

   custom view

   保存できる

   can save

   ようにしてほしいです

   would like it made so

   More detail

   ダッシュボード means “dashboard.” It is a loanword written in katakana. The following に marks the system or target in which the requested capability is to be provided: here, the dashboard. カスタムビュー means “custom view.” This is a compound noun: カスタム means “custom,” and ビュー means “view.” The following を marks it as the object of 保存する, “to save.” 保存できる means “can save” or “be able to save.” For the compound verb 保存する, the corresponding potential form is 保存できる; it expresses ability or feasibility, not a completed save. Example: この画面から設定を保存できます。 — “You can save the settings from this screen.” ようにしてほしいです is a polite request for someone to make a situation a certain way. Together with the preceding 保存できる, 保存できるようにする means “make it possible to save,” and 〜てほしいです means “I would like [someone] to do that.” The polite ending is です after ほしい. This pattern can be reused with other abilities: 通知を受け取れるようにしてほしいです。 — “I would like it made possible to receive notifications.” Together, ダッシュボードに identifies the dashboard as the system to be made capable, カスタムビューを identifies the thing to save, 保存できる describes the capability, and ようにしてほしいです politely requests that capability. The whole utterance means: “I would like the dashboard to save custom views.” More literally, it asks for the dashboard to be made capable of saving custom views.

2. 複数のユーザーから、普段の設定を保存しておく方法がほしいという要望がありました。

   Several users have asked for a way to keep their usual setup.

   複数

   several; multiple

   ユーザー

   user

   普段

   usual; ordinarily

   設定

   setup; settings

   保存しておく

   keep saved

   方法

   way; method

   ほしい

   want

   要望

   request

   ありました

   there was; existed

   More detail

   複数 means “multiple” and here specifies that the group contains more than one member. In 複数のユーザー, の links this quantity to ユーザー; Japanese nouns do not normally change form to show plural, so 複数 supplies that information. Example: 複数の案を比較する。 — “Compare several proposals.” ユーザー is the noun “user.” The ending does not mark plural; the preceding 複数の does that in this sentence. In the fixed translation, these are the users making the request, expressed by ユーザーから, where から marks the source or origin. 普段 refers to what is usual or ordinary. In 普段の設定, の makes it modify 設定, giving “usual settings” or “the usual setup.” Example: 普段の方法で行う。 — “Do it in the usual way.” 設定 means a setup, setting, or configuration. Here it is the configuration that the users normally use, rather than a newly specified configuration. Example: 設定を変更する。 — “Change the settings.” 保存しておく combines 保存する, “to save,” with ておく. The ておく pattern presents an action as done in advance or left in a maintained state. Here, the desired feature would save the usual setup and keep it available for later use. The observed form is 保存しておく; it is not a new base verb. Example: 必要な資料を保存しておく。 — “Save the necessary documents in advance.” 方法 means a way or method. In this sentence it is the desired object: the users want a way to keep their usual setup saved. Example: 簡単な方法を探す。 — “Look for a simple way.” ほしい is the adjective “wanted” or “desired,” used here after 方法が to express wanting a method. With a noun, the pattern Nがほしい means “want N”; it does not by itself state who will carry out an action. Example: 新しい画面がほしい。 — “I want a new screen.” 要望 means a request or expressed wish. The content before という is the content of that request: 普段の設定を保存しておく方法がほしいという要望 means “a request saying that a way to keep the usual setup saved is wanted.” という marks the preceding content as what is said, described, or labeled; it is not part of the meaning of ほしい itself. ありました is the polite past form of ある, “to exist” or “to be present.” With 要望が, it says that such a request existed or was received. Its past polite form presents the request as something that had been made by that point. The form ある is used for existence of things, events, and abstract matters such as requests; it is distinct from animate-existence expressions used for people and animals. Putting the parts together: 複数のユーザーから identifies several users as the source, 普段の設定を保存しておく describes keeping their usual setup saved, and 方法がほしいという要望 describes a request for such a way. ありました then states that this request existed or had been received. Thus the whole utterance means, “Several users have asked for a way to keep their usual setup.”

3. 毎週のレビュー中にフィルターを何度も切り替えると、時間が無駄になります。

   Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.

   毎週

   every week

   レビュー

   review

   中に

   during; in

   フィルター

   filter

   何度も

   repeatedly

   切り替える

   switch

   時間

   time

   無駄

   waste; uselessness

   なります

   becomes

   More detail

   毎週 means “every week.” It is a time expression built from 毎 (“every”) and 週 (“week”), and it describes a repeating weekly schedule. Example: 毎週会議があります。 — “There is a meeting every week.” レビュー is the noun “review,” written in Japanese katakana as a loanword. Here it refers to a review session or process. In レビュー中に, 中に marks the time during which something happens: the whole expression means “during the review.” Japanese can attach 中 directly to a noun in this time expression, as in 会議中に電話が鳴りました。 — “The phone rang during the meeting.” This is different from the separate pattern Nの中に, which can mean “inside/in N”; the observed sentence uses レビュー中に without の. フィルター means “filter.” It is a katakana loanword and functions here as the object affected by the switching action. Example: フィルターを選びます。 — “I choose a filter.” 何度も means “repeatedly” or “many times.” 何度 asks or refers to how many times, while も emphasizes that the action occurs multiple times. It does not specify one exact number. Example: そのボタンを何度も押しました。 — “I pressed that button repeatedly.” 切り替える means “to switch” or “to change from one setting or option to another.” It is a transitive verb: the thing being changed is marked with を, as in フィルターを切り替える. Its non-past form can describe a present or future action, and it appears before と here to form a condition. The pattern V-ると、… presents a result that follows when or whenever the first action occurs. Thus フィルターを何度も切り替えると means “when you switch filters repeatedly.” The subject of 切り替える is not stated in the Japanese sentence; the translation presents the action generally rather than assigning it to a named person. 時間 means “time.” Here it is marked by が in 時間が無駄になります; が identifies it as the subject of the change-of-state predicate, the thing that becomes wasted. Example: 時間を使います。 — “I use time.” 無駄 means “waste” or “wasteful use.” In 時間が無駄になります, it describes time as ending up wasted. 無駄 can function as a noun or as a な-type adjective; here it is followed by に and the verb なる, forming the change-of-state pattern Nが無駄になる — “N becomes wasted.” なります is the polite non-past form of なる, “to become.” The base form is なる; なります expresses the same change politely. In this sentence, 無駄になります means “becomes wasted” or, naturally, “is wasted.” Example: 予定が変更になります。 — “The schedule will be changed.” Putting the parts together: 毎週のレビュー中に sets the time, フィルターを何度も切り替えると gives the repeated-action condition, and 時間が無駄になります gives its result. The complete meaning is: “Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.”

4. 保存したビューがあれば、その作業をもっと速くできそうです。

   Saved views could make that routine faster.

   保存した

   saved

   ビュー

   view

   があれば

   if there are

   その

   that

   作業

   routine

   もっと

   more

   速く

   faster

   できそうです

   seems possible

   More detail

   保存した comes from 保存する (“to save”). In this sentence, the past form 保存した modifies the noun that follows it, so it means “saved” rather than “saved” as a standalone completed-action statement. Japanese attributive clauses come before the noun: 保存したビュー = “views that were saved.” ビュー is the noun “view,” here referring to a saved view in the workflow. The katakana form is a loanword; its meaning in this sentence is determined by the supplied translation and context. があれば combines ある (“to exist; to be available”) with ば, a conditional form. あれば means “if there are” or “if there is,” and が marks what exists or is available. The condition is not presented as a definite claim that such views exist; it sets up the possible situation “if there are saved views.” その is a demonstrative determiner meaning “that” or “the relevant.” It comes before 作業 and points to the routine already identified by the sentence’s meaning: the work being made faster. Japanese demonstratives also distinguish distance or discourse reference, but this form does not itself identify a particular noun beyond the supported context. 作業 means “work” or “task.” Here it is the routine involved in the workflow, such as the repeated filter-switching activity described in the bounded context. A useful pattern is Nの作業 (“the task/work of N”), although this sentence uses その作業 (“that task”). もっと means “more” and increases the degree of the following description. It is commonly used with an adjective or adverb when comparing with the current situation: もっと速く means “faster” or literally “more quickly.” 速く is the adverbial form of the i-adjective 速い (“fast”). The ending changes from 速い to 速く when the adjective describes how an action is performed. For example, もっと速く作業する means “work faster.” This is different from 早い, which generally means “early” or “soon,” not physical speed. できそうです combines できる (“can; be possible”) with そうです, which here expresses an appearance or likelihood based on the situation: “seems possible” or “looks like it could.” できそう is the stem-like form used before polite です; the polite form does not assert certainty. In this sentence, it describes the possibility of making the task faster, not a confirmed result. Together, 保存したビューがあれば sets the condition “if there are saved views.” その作業を marks “that task” as what is affected, and もっと速く describes doing it faster. The final できそうです presents the result as a plausible possibility. Thus the whole utterance means: “Saved views could make that routine faster.”

5. ビューをチームメンバーと共有できると便利です。

   It would be useful if views could be shared with teammates.

   ビュー

   view

   チームメンバー

   teammate

   共有できる

   can be shared

   便利です

   is useful

   More detail

   ビュー means “view” here, a saved or displayed view in the surrounding context. It is a loanword written in katakana. The form does not show number, so it can refer to one or more views depending on context. チームメンバー means “team member” and is a compound noun. In チームメンバーと, と marks the person or group one shares something with; it is not part of the noun. Example: 友だちと話します。 — “I talk with a friend.” 共有できる expresses the ability or possibility to share. It is built from 共有する (“to share”) and the potential form 共有できる (“can share / can be shared”). In this sentence, the view is the item that can be shared with team members, matching the fixed translation. The potential form itself does not mark a passive actor; the surrounding object and context determine how the possibility is understood. Example: このファイルは共有できます。 — “This file can be shared.” 便利です means “is useful” or “would be convenient.” 便利 is a な-adjective; before a noun it uses 便利な, as in 便利な機能 (“a useful feature”), while 便利です is the polite predicate form. The polite ending です makes the statement suitable for a neutral, courteous explanation. The sentence begins with ビューを, marking the view as the object, then adds チームメンバーと, specifying the people it can be shared with. 共有できると presents that possibility as the condition, and 便利です gives its evaluation: “It would be useful if views could be shared with teammates.”

6. 共有には権限のルールが必要なので、それは別に扱うこともできます。

   Sharing would need permission rules, so we could treat it separately.

   共有

   sharing

   権限

   permission; authorization

   ルール

   rules

   必要

   necessary; needed

   なので

   so; because

   それ

   it; that

   別

   separate; different

   扱う

   to handle; to treat

   こともできます

   can also

   More detail

   共有 means “sharing” here. It is a noun-like form that can also be used in compounds and as the action being discussed. In 共有には, に marks the matter or purpose under discussion, while は sets it as the topic: “as for sharing” or “for sharing.” 権限 means permission or authorization. ルール is the loanword “rule”; together, 権限のルール means “permission rules,” with の linking the type or domain of rule to the noun that follows. The Japanese order is modifier + の + modified noun. 必要 means “necessary” or “needed.” It is a noun-like adjective in Japanese, so it can form a predicate with だ or its related forms. Here it appears inside 必要なので: な connects this noun-like predicate to ので, which gives a reason. Thus, this part means “because it is needed” or “since it is necessary.” なので is the reason connector in this sentence. It presents the need for permission rules as the reason for the possibility stated afterward. The more general connector ので can also follow an ordinary verb or an adjective directly; the な here is used because 必要 is noun-like. それ is a demonstrative pronoun meaning “that” or “it.” Its grammatical form does not identify a specific referent by itself; in this sentence, the fixed translation supports an intended “it” as the thing that can be handled separately. それ can contrast with これ (“this”) and あれ (“that over there”), depending on the speaker’s viewpoint and context. 別 means “separate” or “different.” In 別に, it functions adverbially and modifies how the handling can be done: “separately.” The common pattern 別に扱う means “to handle separately,” rather than merely describing something as different. 扱う is the base form meaning “to handle,” “to treat,” or “to deal with.” The observed form is nonpast; after こと, it expresses the action “handling/treating.” For example, この問題を別に扱う。 means “I handle this issue separately.” こともできます expresses an additional possibility: “can also.” こと turns the preceding verb phrase into an action or proposition, and できます is the polite nonpast form of できる, “can” or “be able to.” The も adds “also/as well.” The pattern Verb + ことができる expresses ability or possibility; replacing が with も here presents that possibility as an additional option. Together, 共有には権限のルールが必要なので means “because sharing needs permission rules.” Then それは別に扱うこともできます says that “it” can also be handled separately. The whole utterance therefore means: “Sharing would need permission rules, so we could treat it separately.”

7. 個人用のバージョンだけでも、私の問題の大部分は解決します。

   Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.

   個人用の

   personal-use

   バージョン

   version

   だけでも

   even just

   私の

   my

   問題

   problem

   大部分

   most; the greater part

   解決します

   solve

   More detail

   個人用の means “for personal use” here. 個人用 is a noun-like expression made from 個人 (“individual/person”) and 用 (“intended use”); の links it to the noun that follows: 個人用のバージョン = “a version for personal use.” This describes the version’s intended use, not necessarily its ownership. バージョン is the loanword “version.” In this sentence it is the central noun of the opening noun phrase. The reusable pattern is [purpose]のバージョン, such as 学習用のバージョン (“a version for learning”) in a new example. だけでも combines だけ (“only/just”) with も, which adds an “even” or “also” effect. After 個人用のバージョン, it means that even this limited option by itself would be sufficient for the result described later. The pattern [noun]だけでも can mean “even just [noun]” or “with only [noun].” 私の means “my.” 私 is the first-person pronoun “I/me,” and の marks the relationship between the possessor and the following noun: 私の問題 = “my problem.” The pronoun identifies the speaker; it does not change form here for grammatical gender or number. 問題 means “problem” here. It is a noun, and 私の問題 is the noun phrase “my problem.” In other contexts, 問題 can also mean a question or an issue, but the fixed translation supports “problem” in this sentence. 大部分 means “the greater part” or “most.” In 私の問題の大部分, the first の connects 問題 to 大部分, giving “most of my problem.” The construction [noun]の大部分 is reusable for “most of [noun].” It expresses a large part, not automatically all of it. 解決します means “solve” here. Its base form is 解決する; します is the polite nonpast form of する, so 解決します can describe a present general result or an expected/future result. With the conditional or hypothetical meaning supplied by the English translation, it is naturally understood as “would solve.” Example: この方法で問題を解決します。 — “I will solve the problem with this method.” Together, 個人用のバージョンだけでも sets up the limited means: “even just a personal version.” 私の問題の大部分 is the affected portion: “most of my problem.” 解決します supplies the result: “would solve.” The whole utterance therefore means, “Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.”

8. それなら、最初の段階では個人用の保存ビューに集中できそうです。

   Then the first step could focus on private saved views.

   それなら

   then; in that case

   最初

   first; initial

   段階

   stage

   個人用

   for personal use

   保存ビュー

   saved view

   集中できそうです

   seems able to focus

   More detail

   それなら Here, それなら means “then” or “in that case.” それ refers back to the preceding situation or proposal, and なら presents that situation as the condition for what follows. A reusable pattern is Xなら、Y = “If it is X / given X, Y.” 最初 最初 means “first” or “initial.” It is a noun that can identify the beginning of a sequence. In 最初の段階, it modifies 段階 through の, giving “the initial stage.” A useful contrast is 最後 = “last” or “final.” 段階 段階 means “stage” or “step” in a process. 最初の段階 is therefore “the first stage,” with 最初の specifying which stage. The noun itself does not express a numeric count; the ordering comes from 最初. 個人用 個人用 means “for personal use.” 用 forms a use-purpose expression after a noun or noun-like element: 個人用 describes something intended for an individual rather than general or shared use. For example, 仕事用の机 means “a desk for work.” 保存ビュー 保存ビュー means “saved view” here. 保存 means “saving” or “saved” in this product-related compound, and ビュー means “view.” Together they form a noun phrase; の is not needed between these two elements in the compound. The phrase is modified by 個人用の, so it means “a saved view for personal use.” 集中できそうです This is a polite expression built from 集中する (“to focus”), its potential form 集中できる (“can focus”), and そうです (“seems likely to”). 集中できそうです therefore presents focusing as something that seems possible, rather than stating it as a definite fact. The potential form is made from the verb 集中する; it is not an inflection of ビュー or another nearby noun. A reusable pattern is V-できそうです = “it seems possible to V.” For example, 今日は早く帰れそうです means “It looks like I can leave early today.” The sentence structure is それなら (“then/in that case”) + 最初の段階では (“at the initial stage”) + 個人用の保存ビューに (“on/with a saved view for personal use”) + 集中できそうです (“it seems possible to focus”). The particle では marks the initial stage as the setting or scope, while に marks the target or area of focus. Taken together, the utterance means: “Then, at the first stage, it seems possible to focus on personal saved views.” This matches the fixed translation’s cautious “could focus,” rather than asserting that the focus is certain.