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I can't understand this sentence below (especially the part of "going so far as to.draw).
he has also contributed to Marvel projects, even going so far as to draw an official poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming to commemorate its Japanese boxset release.
When I translated them into Japanene by using Google translation, it was:
また、Marvelのプロジェクトにも貢献しています。Spider-Manのための公式ポスターを描くことさえ可能です：日本のボックスセットリリースを記念したホームカミング。
Does the words"going so far as to verb" mean possibility?
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Translation
I can't understand this sentence below (especially the part of "going so far as to.draw).he has also contributed to Marvel projects, even going so far as to draw an official poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming to commemorate its Japanese boxset release.
When I translated them into Japanene by using Google translation, it was:
また、Marvelのプロジェクトにも貢献しています。Spider-Manのための公式ポスターを描くことさえ可能です：日本のボックスセットリリースを記念したホームカミング。
Does the words"going so far as to verb" mean possibility?
Hey Akio, this phrase means something more strong than "even", "even going so far as to". It means that what they did was normal, but the "even so far as to" means that this bit was extra special. E.g. I liked her so much I bought her flowers, even going so far as to wrap them in a ribbon and make sure they were her favourite colour.
It says that because of something, you did this other thing extra. So in your example it is saying the guy did work on Marvel projects, and extra work he did was drawing a poster, presumably because he really likes Marvel or he is very dedicated. :)
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Thank you for answering!!
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The thesaurus uses the word to presume and this is closer in meaning than possibility.
Honestly, I would need to see more of the paragraph to be able to judge if this phrase were used correctly. I won't try to translate it into Japanese since I am a beginner, but "to go so far" usually is stated in a negative context: I would not go so far as to suggest that he committed a crime, but he definitely has done some things that are considered morally gray.
So, in your example, it seems to suggest that "he did too much" or did more than he was requested to do. As if he were involved in this project and then decided on his own to "draw a poster" for Marvel, perhaps without being asked to do so.
Maybe he loves Marvel and Spiderman a lot, so much that he went so far as to ....I hope this helps a little.
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