Use of ところ in this sentence


> 永沢君たちって、...なんていうかジメジメしてる **ところ** が怒られるもとになってるでしょ？  
>  As for Nakasawa's crew,...how do I put it? Their gloominess becomes the
> source of them getting told off. Right? (my best-guess translation)

I thought してるところ was "in the middle of doing", but I can't get the sentence to
work with that translation. "The source of being told off is 'in the middle
of'/while/during being gloomy"? The implication seems to be that they only get
told off when they are gloomy.

Have I totally messed up the overall translation? Could you please clarify how
ところ is working here? Many thanks.




してるところ would mean "in the middle of doing" if the term before that was a verb.
E.g. I'm in the middle of driving right now (今運転してるところ).

However, it can also mean "that part". E.g. The gloomy part of you. So in this
case, your "best-guess translation" is correct!

