大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。

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English Translation

I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

Furigana

大学出(だいがくで)たての新人(しんじん)は資料(しりょう)を作(つく)ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方(うらかた)仕事(しごと)に徹(てっ)するのだろうと、勝手(かって)に想像(そうぞう)していたのですが見事(みごと)に裏切(うらぎ)られました。

Romanji

Daigakudetate no shinjin wa shiryō o tsuku tari, kopi- o to tari to urakata shigoto ni tessuru no darou to, katte ni sōzōshiteita no desu ga migoto ni uragiraremashita.

Words

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

新人 (しんじん)

new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

は (は)

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

資料 (しりょう)

materials; data; document

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.

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

コピー (コピー)

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

と (と)

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

裏方 (うらかた)

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

勝手 (かって)

one's own convenience; one's way; convenience or ease of use; knowledge of how to use; circumstances; situation (e.g. financial); environment; kitchen; arbitrary; unauthorised (e.g. phone app, WWW site); unofficial

想像 (そうぞう)

imagination; guess

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

見事 (みごと)

splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable; praiseworthy act; feat; commendable deed; utter (esp. defeat); total; complete

裏切る (うらぎる)

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross