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> I am in college because of work.

What I mean by that is that I want to say that I am in college due to some
work, like as a guest for a lecture. I attended college for some work I had
with the teachers.

I was communicating with a Japanese online and I made the following sentence
which was corrected by her:

> 大学に入っていたから私が働くのを待っています

I thought it sounded strange, so here is my own attempt:

> しごとがあるので大学にいます

Are these sentences correct? What's the best way to say it in Japanese?
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Translation of "I am in college because of work"
仕事があるので大学にいます is grammatical but misleading. Without any further context, it
sounds as if you were regularly employed by that college, and you had to be at
the office of the college because you haven't finished the task for the day.

If you are a visitor, and want to say "I was at a university today due to a
job," some better ways to say it are:

  * とある仕事の関係で、○○大学にいます。
  * とある仕事で、大学に来ています。

とある (≒certain, some) is not mandatory, but by using it you can clearly tell
it's not your regular job.

大学に入っていたから私が働くのを待っています does not make sense at all to me.
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