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For context, this sentence is taken from exercise 1, instruction 3.
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> 費用｛ひよう｝が高｛たか｝いと課長｛かちょう｝が言｛い｝ったので、半分｛はんぶん｝自分｛じぶん｝で払｛はら｝うから、行｛い｝かせてほしいと交渉｛こうしょう｝してください。

In this sentence, I feel like everything's positioned inverted. The only way I
can make sense of it in a translation is by reversing this inversion. This is
what I would come up with:

> Please barter, because the chairman said the cost is high, and because you
> pay one half yourself if you wish to be let go(ne?).

Since these measures to beat sense into it feel so strong, I wanted to ask you
for your opinion
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grammar translation syntax
I'm confused about the overall structure of this sentence
> 費用が高いと課長が言ったので、半分自分で払うから、行かせてほしいと交渉してください。

Probably adding brackets will help you a lot:

> 費用が高いと課長が言ったので、「半分自分で払うから、行かせてほしい」と交渉してください。

Roughly translates to:

> The chairman said the cost is high. So please negotiate, (saying) "I will
> pay half of the cost by myself, so please allow me to go (to the seminar)".
> (or literally, "I want you to let me go")

I split the sentence into two for the sake of clarity.
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