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> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したいそうです。
>
> ane ha gakkou wo sotsugyougo ha kaigairyuugaku shitai sou desu.
>
> My sister says that she wants to study abroad after graduating from school.

I found this sentence on <http://www.mahou.org>

If it is correct, would I also be able to write the same sentence (expressing
the same meaning) in the following manner? I am specifically wondering about
expressing desire of a third party subject using したい as opposed to したがっています.
(also, is the translation's use of "says" problematic?)

> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したがっているそうです。
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Expressing desire of a third party using したいそうです
If you heard it from someone other than your sister, そうです is appropriate. If
you heard it from your sister directly, you would say:

> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したがっているそうです。

or alternatively,

> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したいと言っています。

If it's just a guess or a perception, you would say:

> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したいと思います。(I think my sister wants to study abroad).  
> 姉は学校を卒業後は海外留学したそうです。(It seems my sister wants to study abroad).
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The two sentences mean different things.

～したがる means that the subject expresses the desire to do the mentioned action.
(The means of expression does not have to be explicit; for example, if it is
apparent that your sister wants to study abroad from her behavior, you can say
姉は海外留学したがっている even if she does not say so explicitly.)

If you say

> 姉は海外留学したいそうです。 I heard that my sister wants to study abroad.

it means that you heard (probably from your sister herself) that your sister
wants to study abroad.

If you say

> 姉は海外留学したがっているそうです。 I heard that my sister expressed her desire to study
> abroad.

it cannot be your sister from whom you heard it, because if so, it should be
姉は海外留学したいそうです instead of 姉は海外留学したがっているそうです.
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