日本語で助けて

[trenchkamen]

先輩：

I've been trying to translate this sentence out of the Clow Card Fortune Book for the past hour, and I can't quite get it. Can I ask advice from the sempai I have on my friends list?

人当たりのよさで物事をスムーズにおさめる能力は、仕事面でも大いに役立つもの。

This is what I have gotten so far:

物事をスムーズにおさめる能力 : Your ability to smoothly succeed in anything (rationale: "おさめる" is used to refer to success, or acing, something, in some contexts)

仕事面でも大いに役立つもの: Your 'work face' is also a very helpful thing

What I don't quite get is how 人当たりのよさで fits in with the rest of the sentence. I translate that fragment as 'virtue of attitude', where 'よさ' is 'virtue' or 'merit'. I couldn't find any compounds for the fragment 'のよさで', so I assume 'の' is a possessive modifier for '人当たり', and 'で' is an independent particle. は also marks the subject of the sentence as 能力 (ability or power), I assume, unless it is truncated or something is left out/implied.

What do you guys think?

This is what I've done so far. Please tell me if you find anything ragingly stupid/wrong. I included the original Japanese text.

Comments

[aine-silveria.livejournal.com]

You know, I was just looking at my set of Clow Cards the other day and wondering if I could use them as a tarot/divination deck. You are made of much win and awesome!

(Um. I have no idea on the Japanese. Sorry.)

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Clow Cards are nifty.

[ariseishirou.livejournal.com]

I'll give you a big hint, and from that I think you'll be able to piece the sentence together yourself ;3

「人当たりのよい」 Means "sociable" - someone who is good at interacting with other people. So in this sentence, it would mean "by virtue of his sociability/as a result of his skill at interacting with other people...".

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Your ability to smoothly succeed in everything by virtue of your skill in interpersonal interactions is, along with your 'work face', very helpful.