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1. 我希望仪表板能够保存自定义视图。

   I would like the dashboard to save custom views.

   我希望

   I would like

   仪表板

   dashboard

   能够

   be able to

   保存

   save

   自定义

   custom

   视图

   view(s)

   More detail

   我希望 expresses the speaker’s wish: “I hope/I would like …”. It introduces the content of the wish, commonly followed by a clause. Here 我 is “I” and 希望 is the verb “to hope; to wish”. For example: 我希望明天下雨。 — “I hope it rains tomorrow.” 仪表板 means “dashboard”, the subject of the following clause. The noun is a compound: 仪表 refers to instruments or gauges, and 板 means board or panel. In this sentence, 仪表板 is the software interface whose action is described; the word itself does not indicate whether it is a physical or digital dashboard in every possible use. 能够 means “be able to” or “can”. It presents 保存 as an ability or available capability, rather than simply stating that the action happens. 能 is a shorter, common alternative in many contexts; 能够 is often more explicit or slightly more formal. Neither form changes for person or number. For example: 系统能够导出文件。 — “The system can export files.” 保存 is the verb “to save” or “to retain”. In this sentence it takes 自定义视图 as its object. The form does not show tense by itself; Chinese commonly uses context or aspect markers when the time or completion of saving needs to be specified. For example: 请保存文件。 — “Please save the file.” 自定义 modifies 视图 and means “custom” or “customized”. It can also function as a verb meaning “to customize”, but its role here is attributive: it describes views configured by the user rather than a default view. For example: 用户可以自定义布局。 — “Users can customize the layout.” 视图 is the noun “view”, here referring to a saved display arrangement or presentation of information. Its plural meaning is supplied by context rather than a plural ending; Chinese nouns generally do not change form to mark number. A measure word or quantity expression can make the count explicit, as in 一种视图 — “one type of view.” Together, 仪表板能够保存自定义视图 means “the dashboard can save custom views”: 仪表板 is the subject, 能够 marks the capability, 保存 is the action, and 自定义视图 is the object. With 我希望 in front, the complete utterance says, “I would like the dashboard to save custom views.”

2. 有几位用户希望能有一种方式保留他们平时的设置。

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

   几位

   several (people)

   用户

   user

   希望

   hope; wish

   能有

   can have; can be available

   方式

   way; method

   保留

   keep; retain

   他们

   they; them

   平时

   usual; ordinarily

   设置

   settings

   More detail

   几位 expresses an unspecified small number of people. 几 asks “how many?” in an open, non-exact way, while 位 is a respectful classifier for people. Thus 几位 does not give an exact count. 用户 means “user” and is a noun for someone who uses a service, product, or system. In this sentence, 几位用户 is the group that has the wish described next. 希望 means “hope” or “wish.” It commonly introduces a desired situation with a following clause, as in 我希望你能来。 — “I hope you can come.” Here it introduces 能有一种方式..., the outcome the users want. 能有 combines 能 (“can; be able to”) with 有 (“have; exist”). Together here it means “can have” or “can be available,” rather than describing a completed possession. Example: 我们希望能有更多时间。 — “We hope we can have more time.” 方式 means “way” or “method,” especially a way of doing something. The pattern 一种方式 means “a way” or “one kind of method”; 一种 classifies the method as a type, and 方式 names that method. 保留 means “keep” or “retain,” with the idea that something remains instead of being removed or replaced. Example: 请保留原来的设置。 — “Please keep the original settings.” Its opposite in a relevant contrast can be 删除 (“delete”), although the sentence itself does not state that anything is deleted. 他们 is a third-person plural pronoun. In 他们平时的设置, it functions before 的 to mark possession, so it means “their” and refers to the users identified in the sentence. Chinese pronouns do not change form here for grammatical case; the surrounding position supplies the “their” role. 平时 means “usually,” “normally,” or “in ordinary circumstances.” Before 的设置, it describes the settings the users normally use: 平时的设置 = “usual settings.” Example: 我平时用这个视图。 — “I usually use this view.” 设置 is “settings” here, meaning configuration choices in a system. The same form can also be a verb meaning “to set up” or “configure,” but its position after 平时的 makes it a noun in this sentence. Example: 请检查这些设置。 — “Please check these settings.” Putting the parts together, the initial 有 presents the existence of a group: 有几位用户 — “there are several users.” 希望能有一种方式 says that they hope there can be a way, and 保留他们平时的设置 specifies what that way would allow: retaining their usual settings. The whole utterance therefore means: “Several users have asked for a way to keep their usual setup.”

3. 在每周复盘时反复切换筛选条件很浪费时间。

   Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.

   每周复盘

   weekly review

   反复

   repeatedly

   切换

   switch

   筛选条件

   filter criteria

   浪费

   waste

   时间

   time

   More detail

   每周复盘 means “weekly review” here. 每周 is a time expression meaning “every week,” while 复盘 is a commonly used noun/verb for reviewing a completed activity in order to examine it and learn from it. Example: 我们每周复盘项目进展。 — “We review the project’s progress every week.” 反复 describes an action that happens again and again. It is an adverb here, modifying 切换; it is not the verb “switch.” Example: 请不要反复修改这个文件。 — “Please don’t repeatedly revise this file.” 切换 is the verb “to switch” or “to change from one option, state, or view to another.” It can be used for settings and interfaces as well as other changeovers. Example: 你可以切换到另一个视图。 — “You can switch to another view.” 筛选条件 means “filter criteria”: the conditions used to select which items are shown. 筛选 means “filter,” and 条件 means “condition” or “criterion”; together they form a reusable noun phrase. Example: 请先设置筛选条件。 — “Please set the filter criteria first.” 浪费 means “to waste” when it is used as the verb in this sentence. In 浪费时间, the wasted resource is expressed by the noun after it. Example: 这样做会浪费时间。 — “Doing this will waste time.” 时间 means “time.” In this sentence it is the object of 浪费, forming the common expression 浪费时间, “waste time.” Example: 我不想浪费时间。 — “I don’t want to waste time.” The structure 在 + time or situation + 时 means “during/when ...”: 在每周复盘时 means “during the weekly review.” Then 反复切换筛选条件 means “repeatedly switching filter criteria.” 很 marks the degree of the predicate, and 浪费时间 means “waste time.” Taken together, 在每周复盘时反复切换筛选条件很浪费时间。 means “Switching filters repeatedly wastes time during weekly reviews.”

4. 保存的视图可以让这个流程更快。

   Saved views could make that routine faster.

   保存的

   saved

   视图

   view

   可以

   can; could

   让

   make; let

   这个

   this; that

   流程

   process; routine

   更快

   faster

   More detail

   保存的 modifies the noun that follows it. Here it describes 视图 as a view that has been saved, giving the intended meaning “saved.” 保存 means “to save” or “store”; adding 的 after it turns the verb phrase into an attributive modifier. Example: 保存的文件 means “the saved file.” 视图 is the noun “view,” here meaning a configured view in the workflow rather than the act of seeing. The reusable pattern is 保存的 + noun: “the saved …”. 可以 is a modal placed before the following verb phrase. In this sentence it expresses a possible or available effect, which the translation renders as “could,” rather than a simple physical ability. The pattern 可以 + verb can express that something can or may happen. Example: 这个设置可以减少时间。 means “This setting can reduce the time.” 让 means “make” or “cause” and introduces the thing affected by the resulting change. In the pattern 让 + object + adjective, the adjective describes the state caused for that object. Here, 让 connects 这个流程 with its new state 更快. 这个 is a demonstrative meaning “this” or, in the fixed translation’s discourse perspective, “that.” Chinese demonstratives do not change for grammatical gender, and this form does not itself state a numeric count. Here it points to the relevant routine or process identified by the surrounding context; the translation uses “that routine.” A useful contrast is 那个, which more directly expresses “that” in the demonstrative form itself. 流程 is the noun “process” or “routine.” In this context it refers to the relevant sequence of work, not to an individual action. Example: 这个流程很简单。 means “This process is simple.” 更快 means “faster.” 更 marks comparison, and 快 is the adjective “fast,” so 更快 describes a higher speed relative to a reference point. The word carrying the descriptive meaning is 快; 更 adds the comparative meaning. The basic chain is 快 “fast” → 更快 “faster.” Example: 这个方法更快。 means “This method is faster.” Together, 保存的视图 means “saved views.” 可以让 introduces a possible resulting effect, and 这个流程更快 says that the relevant process becomes faster. Thus the whole utterance means: “Saved views could make that routine faster.” In the Chinese structure, 这个流程 is the thing whose resulting state is described by 更快; it is not the agent performing the making.

5. 如果视图可以和团队成员分享，那会很有用。

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

   如果

   if

   视图

   view

   可以

   can; be able to

   和

   with

   团队成员

   teammates

   分享

   share

   那

   that

   会

   would

   很有用

   very useful

   More detail

   如果 introduces a condition: “if …”. A highly reusable pattern is 如果 A，B (“if A, B”). In this sentence, the condition comes before the result clause. 视图 means “view” in the software sense. It is a noun and can be modified directly, as in 保存的视图 (“saved views”) in the preceding sentence. Example: 这个视图很清楚。 — “This view is clear.” 可以 expresses ability, possibility, or permission depending on context. Here, 视图可以和团队成员分享 means that views can be shared with teammates: the construction presents sharing as possible, rather than asserting that it is already happening. In Chinese, 可以 does not change for person or number. Example: 文件可以在线查看。 — “The file can be viewed online.” 和 means “with” here and connects the shared item with the people it is shared with. It is a common coordination or association word; A 和 B can mean “A and B,” while in this sentence 和团队成员 means “with teammates.” 团队成员 is a noun phrase meaning “team members” or “teammates.” 团队 means “team,” and 成员 means “member,” but the complete phrase is the useful unit here. Chinese nouns do not normally mark plural with a separate ending, so the context and translation support the plural reading “teammates.” Example: 她是团队成员。 — “She is a team member.” 分享 is a verb meaning “to share.” It can be used for sharing information, files, views, or other resources. Example: 请分享这个文件。 — “Please share this file.” 那 means “that” in the result part of the conditional pattern 如果 A，那 B. Together with 如果, it points from the condition to its consequence; it is not introducing a new participant here. 会 presents the result as a likely, expected, or hypothetical outcome. In this sentence, 会很有用 is naturally translated as “would be useful,” because the usefulness depends on the condition. Chinese 会 does not itself mark English-style tense; the conditional context supplies the hypothetical reading. Example: 这样做会更快。 — “Doing it this way would be faster.” 很有用 means “very useful.” 有用 is the adjective meaning “useful,” and 很 is the degree word before it. In Chinese, 很 commonly makes an adjective predicate sound complete and natural; it does not always indicate a strong comparison of degree. Example: 这个功能很有用。 — “This feature is very useful.” The utterance follows the reusable pattern 如果 A，那 B: 如果视图可以和团队成员分享 gives the condition, “if views can be shared with teammates,” and 那会很有用 gives the hypothetical result, “that would be very useful.” Together: “It would be useful if views could be shared with teammates.”

6. 分享需要设定权限规则，所以我们可以把这部分分开处理。

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

   分享

   sharing

   需要

   need; require

   设定

   set; establish

   权限

   permissions

   规则

   rules

   所以

   so; therefore

   我们

   we; us

   可以

   can; may

   这

   this

   部分

   part; portion

   分开

   separately; apart

   处理

   handle; deal with

   More detail

   分享 means “to share.” Here it is placed at the beginning as the topic of discussion, so the English “sharing” is a natural way to express the activity. Chinese commonly uses a verb or verb phrase in this topic position without adding a special gerund ending. Example: 我们分享文件。 — “We share files.” 需要 means “need” or “require.” It states that the activity requires something; the object of that requirement is the following phrase 设定权限规则. Example: 这个功能需要改进。 — “This feature needs improvement.” 设定 means “to set” or “to establish.” It is the verb in 设定权限规则, meaning to establish permission rules. 设 is not being used here as a separate standalone word; 设定 is the observed verb. Example: 请设定一个密码。 — “Please set a password.” 权限 means “permission” or “access rights.” Chinese nouns generally do not mark singular and plural by changing their form, so the context and the following noun determine the intended scope here. In this sentence it refers to permission-related settings or rights. 规则 means “rules.” In 权限规则, it forms a noun-noun combination: rules governing permissions. The first noun specifies the type or domain of the second noun. Example: 我们需要明确规则。 — “We need clear rules.” 所以 means “so” or “therefore.” It links the requirement in the first part to the consequence in the second part. It is a connective, not part of the noun phrase 权限规则. 我们 means “we” or “us.” Its form does not change for grammatical gender. Here it is the subject of 可以, so the sentence presents the option or ability from the speaker’s and others’ shared perspective. Example: 我们现在开始。 — “We’ll start now.” 可以 expresses “can,” “may,” or “be possible to.” In this sentence it introduces the possible course of action 把这部分分开处理; the fixed translation presents that possibility as “could.” Example: 我们可以明天讨论。 — “We can discuss it tomorrow.” 这 means “this” and is a demonstrative. In 这部分, it points to the part under discussion; the sentence does not specify a more exact referent than that. Demonstratives such as 这 can combine with a noun directly in this pattern: 这部分 — “this part.” 部分 means “part” or “portion.” Here 这部分 is the object being handled separately. It is a noun, and 这 identifies it as the relevant part without changing the noun’s form. Example: 这部分很重要。 — “This part is important.” 分开 means “separately” or “apart.” It describes separating the handling of the part from other handling, rather than naming a separate object. In this sentence it combines with 处理 to form the reusable idea “handle separately.” Example: 请把两个问题分开。 — “Please separate the two issues.” 处理 means “to handle” or “to deal with.” In 把这部分分开处理, it is the main lexical verb. With 把, Chinese places the object before the verb and then describes what is done to that object. The pattern 把 + object + adverbial description + verb can be reused, as in 把文件单独处理。 — “Handle the file separately.” Together, 分享需要设定权限规则 presents sharing as requiring permission rules. 所以 then introduces the consequence: 我们可以把这部分分开处理, literally organizing the structure as “we can handle this part separately.” The whole utterance therefore means: “Sharing would need permission rules, so we could treat it separately.”

7. 即使只是个人版本，也能解决我大部分的问题。

   Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.

   即使 … 也

   even … still

   只是

   just; merely

   个人

   personal; individual

   版本

   version

   也能

   can still

   解决

   solve; resolve

   我

   I; me

   大部分

   most of; the greater part of

   问题

   problem; issue

   More detail

   即使……也…… is a reusable concessive pattern meaning “even …, still …” or “even if …, … nevertheless.” Here 即使只是个人版本 presents a limited case, and 也 introduces the result that remains possible. The two parts are separated in this sentence. 只是 means “just” or “merely.” Here it limits 个人版本: the version is presented as only a personal one. Do not confuse it with 只要, “as long as.” 个人 means “personal” or “individual.” It describes 版本 here. In another example, 个人使用 means “personal use,” while 共享使用 means “shared use.” These are practice examples, not additional facts from the source. 版本 means “version,” such as one form of a product, document, or feature. 个人版本 therefore means “personal version.” 也能 combines 也 (“still; also”) with 能 (“can; be able to”). 能 expresses ability or feasibility; it does not by itself say that the action has already happened. Here the combination says that even this version can produce the result. 解决 means “solve” or “resolve.” It commonly takes a problem or issue as its object. Example: 这个方法能解决问题。 — “This method can solve the problem.” 我 is the first-person pronoun “I” or “me.” Here it appears before the following noun phrase and contributes the meaning “my …”; Chinese pronouns do not change form for this attributive role. The source does not use the separate form 我的; in a different phrase, 我的问题 would mean “my problem.” 大部分 means “most of” or “the greater part of.” It indicates a majority rather than the whole. In 我大部分的问题, it forms the quantity phrase “most of my problem” in the intended reading supplied by the translation. 问题 means “problem” or “issue.” In this sentence it is the noun at the end of 我大部分的问题, and the whole noun phrase is the object of 解决. Together, 即使只是个人版本 means “even a personal version,” and 也能解决我大部分的问题 means “can still solve most of my problem.” The complete utterance means: “Even a personal version would solve most of my problem.” The concessive pattern highlights that this result would hold despite the version being limited to personal use.

8. 那么，第一步可以先专注于个人使用的已保存视图。

   Then the first step could focus on private saved views.

   那么

   then

   第一步

   the first step

   可以

   could; can

   先

   first; beforehand

   专注于

   focus on

   个人

   personal

   使用

   use

   已保存

   saved

   视图

   view

   More detail

   那么 introduces the next step in the discussion. Here it means “then” or “in that case,” linking this sentence to what came before. It is a discourse word, not part of the noun phrase 第一步. 第一步 means “the first step.” 第一 is the ordinal form of 一: 一 is “one,” while 第一 means “first.” 步 literally means a step and is also used for a stage in a process. For example, 第一步是确认设置。 means “The first step is to confirm the settings.” 可以 is a modal verb meaning “can” or, as in the translation here, “could.” It presents the proposed focus as possible or feasible; it does not itself mean that the action definitely happens. 可以 is followed by the action or state that is possible. For example,我们可以明天开始。 means “We can start tomorrow.” 先 means “first” in the sense of doing something before another relevant step. It appears before the action 专注于, so 可以先专注于 means “could first focus on” or more naturally “could begin by focusing on.” 专注于 means “focus on.” 专注 is the verb describing concentrated attention, and 于 introduces what receives that attention. The full pattern is 专注于 + object. For example,请专注于这个问题。 means “Please focus on this problem.” 个人 means “personal” or “for an individual.” In this sentence it helps specify the intended use of the views, rather than describing a separate participant. 个人使用的 is a modifier meaning “for personal use” or “used personally.” 使用 means “use.” In 个人使用的, it is part of the modifier 个人使用的: 个人 modifies 使用, and 的 turns the preceding description into a modifier for the noun that follows. A related contrast is 使用 “use” versus 保存 “save”; the former describes using something, while the latter describes storing it. 已保存 means “already saved.” 已 marks the completed or already-established status, and 保存 is the verb “save.” Together, 已保存 modifies the following noun: 已保存的视图 means “saved views” or more literally “views that have already been saved.” For example,打开已保存的文件。 means “Open the saved file.” 视图 is the noun “view,” here referring to a saved view in the relevant system or interface. It is the object of 专注于. The pattern 专注于 + noun is reusable: 专注于任务 means “focus on the task.” Putting the parts together, 那么 marks the transition, 第一步 identifies the initial stage, 可以 presents the proposal as possible, and 先专注于 says to begin by focusing on something. The object is 个人使用的已保存视图: views intended for personal use that have already been saved. Thus the whole utterance means, “Then the first step could focus on private saved views.”