Is usage of ように appropritate in "Offer to do something"?


One of the options in LastPass.com is "Offer to generate a secure password".
In Japanese version it is translated as "安全なパスワードを生成する **ように** 提案". Is the
usage of ように here delivers the meaning of "offer to do something"? Would it be
more accurate to translate it as "安全なパスワードを生成することを提案する"?




## Short answer

「ように」does not contribute to the meaning of "offer" or "propose" 「提案」. In the
expression in question, the word that most closely corresponds to 「ように」is
"to".

## Details

In the expression "Offer to generate a secure password"

  * 「提案」translates to "Offer" or "Propose"
  * 「安全なパスワード」translates to "a secure password" (included here for completeness)
  * 「生成ように」translates to "(in order) to generate".

「ように」roughly means "in order to", "in order that", "in hopes that", "in the
effort to", "with the goal of", etc.

「安全なパスワードを生成するように（パスワードを）提案（する）」here can be translated to "with the goal of
having a secure password created, (make a) proposal (for a password)"




## Short answer

「ように」does not contribute to the meaning of "offer" or "propose" 「提案」. In the
expression in question, the word that most closely corresponds to 「ように」is
"to".

## Details

In the expression "Offer to generate a secure password"

  * 「提案」translates to "Offer" or "Propose"
  * 「安全なパスワード」translates to "a secure password" (included here for completeness)
  * 「生成ように」translates to "(in order) to generate".

「ように」roughly means "in order to", "in order that", "in hopes that", "in the
effort to", "with the goal of", etc.

「安全なパスワードを生成するように（パスワードを）提案（する）」here can be translated to "with the goal of
having a secure password created, (make a) proposal (for a password)"

