English-Japanese-Portuguese Idioms
Vou escrever estes expressoes em ingles com um ejemplo por como usar. Alguem poderia escrever um frase com mesmo signifacao em portugues? この英語の慣用句に日本語の訳を書いてみるけど、本当に正確な日本語かどうか１００％の自信がない。
"to go out of one's way"
He goes out of his way to eat locally grown food.
You don't have to go out of your way to avoid mentioning my problem.
That restaurant is so good, I don't mind going out of my way to stop in.
The first example means that he tries to buy locally grown food even if doing so is inconvenient. Even if there are not shops which sell such food nearby, or the prices are high, he doesn't mind.
The second one means that you don't have to be so careful when you're speaking to me in order to avoid mentioning something which might upset me.
The third one is a more literal meaning. The restaurant is not conveniently located on my route, so going there would be "going out of my way".
もしかして、これは、日本語だと、”あいで”かな？それか、”あいて”。例えば、”彼はあいで国産の野菜しか食べないようにしてる。”でもその二番目と三番目の例文は、日本語なら“あいで”を言わない気がする。。。
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English-Japanese-Portuguese Idioms
Vou escrever estes expressoes em ingles com um ejemplo por como usar. Alguem poderia escrever um frase com mesmo signifacao em portugues? この英語の慣用句に日本語の訳を書いてみるけど、本当に正確な日本語かどうか１００％の自信がない。
"to go out of one's way"
He goes out of his way to eat locally grown food.
You don't have to go out of your way to avoid mentioning my problem.
That restaurant is so good, I don't mind going out of my way to stop in.
The first example means that he tries to buy locally grown food even if doing so is inconvenient. Even if there are not shops which sell such food nearby, or the prices are high, he doesn't mind.
The second one means that you don't have to be so careful when you're speaking to me in order to avoid mentioning something which might upset me.
The third one is a more literal meaning. The restaurant is not conveniently located on my route, so going there would be "going out of my way".
もしかして、これは、日本語だと、”あえて”かな？ 例えば、”彼はあえて国産の野菜しか食べないようにしてる。”でもその二番目と三番目の例文は、日本語なら“あいで”を言わない気がする。。。
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I've heard this expression, "to go out one's way". It's interesting. As you said, I think that is sometimes the equivalent to "あえて".
I could translate those examples into Japanese like this.
First: 「彼は（あえて）、国産の野菜しか食べないようにしている。」
And you wouldn't use "あえて" in second one and third one. However just changing them into Japanese doesn't spesify what you meant here, I guess. They need the contexts.
Second: 「わざわざ僕に気を遣わないでいいよ。」 it'd sound unclear what you mean in that sentence but it's kinda hard to tranclate it directly.
Third ;「そのレストランはおいしいから、いくら不便でも（わざわざ）行くよ」
Anyway, I felt "to go out of one's way" to be similar to "all the way". That's why you can say that expression is like 「あえて～する（しない）。」 or 「わざわざ～する（しない）。」 for descriptive pursoses.
I'm not very good at translating, but I hope I could help.
It was interesting your entry.
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日本語には、これと同じフレーズはありますか？私はもっと長い言い方で同じことを言えるけど、これとぴったり合うフレーズを知りません。
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Here's another one:
"____ pays for itself"
ex: "My solar panels cost about 3,000,000 yen, but they'll pay for themselves eventually." or
"If you drive a lot, a hybrid car pays for itself. If you don't drive that much, you're better off buying a regular car."
The meaning is pretty simple. It means the savings (or sometimes side income) you expect to get, or maybe have gotten, from something exceeds the initial cost. We often use "it" with this phrase. It's verb can be conjugated in any way. And we often say the amount of time we expect it to take before "it pays for itself".
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Here's another one:
"Put yourself in his shoes."
We can use it just like that. Or you could say "Try putting yourself in his shoes for a day."
This means to imagine that you are that person. It can be used, for instance, when somebody (one person or a group) are being criticized unfairly.
日本語で、：「一度Aさんの立場から見て下さい。」かなぁ。皆さん、合ってると思いますか？他の言い方はありますか？
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I think it's no problem at all with your opinion. I've known that expression, "A defeats the purpose (of B) for the first time. Looks like that'd be useful and interesting one. Thank you for letting me know!
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