Meaning of してほしいと考えています


> ＫＤＤＩは、いろいろな会社のビルやデパートなどでこのサービスを利用してほしいと考えています  
>  KDDI want to use this service in various companies and department stores.

What nuance does adding 考えています bring to this sentence? Why not just say:

> ＫＤＤＩは、いろいろな会社のビルやデパートなどでこのサービスを利用してほしいです。

The literal translation of "considering that they want to ..." is obviously
clumsy.




> 「ＫＤＤＩは、いろいろな会社{かいしゃ}のビルやデパートなどでこのサービスを利用{りよう}してほしいと考{かんが}えています。」

Your (it is your own, is it not?) translation is:

> "KDDI want to use this service in various companies and department stores."

Before getting to the main part of your question, I must first say that you
are **_not_** reading the grammar structure of this sentence correctly. To me,
this is far more important than the main part of your question.

This is **_not_** about a service that KDDI wants to use. Rather, it is a
service that KDDI **offers**.

It says 「（KDDIは）利用 **してほしい** 」 and not 「（KDDIは）利用 **したい** 」. The difference is
huge. Are you following me?

Who does KDDI want to use the service? It is the people at いろいろな会社のビルやデパートなど.

Moving on to your question... Your question actually is a good one.

Adding 「と考えています」 at the end is necessary. That is because ending this sentence
with 「ほしいです」 would make KDDI sound really greedy, unrefined, too
straightforward, etc. 「考えています」 helps reduce all that in nuance; It balances
things out nicely. It does not matter if "thinking" is already included in
"wanting".

You will frequently see/hear sentences ending in:

「～～たいと考えています。」 and

「～～たいと思っています。」

Being indirect is a key to well-spoken/written Japanese. (It only makes direct
translation somewhat difficult as a drawback.)

「考えています」 could simply be ignored in the translation. You could just say "KDDI
would like ~~ to use this service." without using "is thinking" or "thinks".




> 「ＫＤＤＩは、いろいろな会社{かいしゃ}のビルやデパートなどでこのサービスを利用{りよう}してほしいと考{かんが}えています。」

Your (it is your own, is it not?) translation is:

> "KDDI want to use this service in various companies and department stores."

Before getting to the main part of your question, I must first say that you
are **_not_** reading the grammar structure of this sentence correctly. To me,
this is far more important than the main part of your question.

This is **_not_** about a service that KDDI wants to use. Rather, it is a
service that KDDI **offers**.

It says 「（KDDIは）利用 **してほしい** 」 and not 「（KDDIは）利用 **したい** 」. The difference is
huge. Are you following me?

Who does KDDI want to use the service? It is the people at いろいろな会社のビルやデパートなど.

Moving on to your question... Your question actually is a good one.

Adding 「と考えています」 at the end is necessary. That is because ending this sentence
with 「ほしいです」 would make KDDI sound really greedy, unrefined, too
straightforward, etc. 「考えています」 helps reduce all that in nuance; It balances
things out nicely. It does not matter if "thinking" is already included in
"wanting".

You will frequently see/hear sentences ending in:

「～～たいと考えています。」 and

「～～たいと思っています。」

Being indirect is a key to well-spoken/written Japanese. (It only makes direct
translation somewhat difficult as a drawback.)

「考えています」 could simply be ignored in the translation. You could just say "KDDI
would like ~~ to use this service." without using "is thinking" or "thinks".

