Does A が B となる　mean "A becomes B"?


The sentence in question: 店員さんに話を聞くと、「１０年ほど前から海外のだっこひもが人気となり需要が高まった。

For full context:
<https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/web_tokushu/2018_0521.html?utm_int=news_contents_tokushu_004>

My attempt at tranlstion: When we asked the shopowner the story: "Since before
about 10 years, the foreign "dakko" cords have become popular and the demand
has risen."

Ive encountered the と particle in various uses about which my textbook has
never told me anything, and many of them meant something like "make A to B".
So this question is just for confirmation that I guessed correctly here :D




You're right.

AがBとなる means "A becomes B". ～が～ **と** なる sounds less colloquial and a bit more
formal than ～が～ **に** なる.

> 海外のだっこひも **が** 人気 **となる**  
>  Baby slings/carriers from overseas become popular  
>  (≂ 海外の抱っこひもが人気になる)

You can think of 「AをBとする」 as its transitive counterpart: Intransitive
「AがBに/となる」(A becomes B) -- Transitive「AをBに/とする」(make A B; think of A as B)




You're right.

AがBとなる means "A becomes B". ～が～ **と** なる sounds less colloquial and a bit more
formal than ～が～ **に** なる.

> 海外のだっこひも **が** 人気 **となる**  
>  Baby slings/carriers from overseas become popular  
>  (≂ 海外の抱っこひもが人気になる)

You can think of 「AをBとする」 as its transitive counterpart: Intransitive
「AがBに/となる」(A becomes B) -- Transitive「AをBに/とする」(make A B; think of A as B)

