けれども、ポーラ・グレイソンのような管理職の人々は、なんとかその習慣を変えてもらおうと、説得に努めています。

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けれども、ぽーら・グレイソンのような管理職の人々は、なんとかその習慣を変えてもらおうと、説得に努めています。

English Translation

Managers like Paula Grayson, however, are trying to persuade them to change their habits.

Furigana

けれども、ポーラ・グレイソンのような管理職(かんりしょく)の人々(ひとびと)は、なんとかその習慣(しゅうかん)を変(か)えてもらおうと、説得(せっとく)に努(つと)めています。

Romanji

Keredomo, Po-Ra gureison no yōna kanrishoku no hitobito wa, nantoka sono shūkan o kaetemoraou to, settoku ni tsutometeimasu.

Words

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

ポーラー (ポーラー、ポーラ、ポーラル)

polar; poral (type of 'summer' fabric with large 'pores')

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

管理職 (かんりしょく)

management

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

努める (つとめる)

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)