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I have the following sentence that a character says:

> その上で、 協力できる事があるならできるよう善処する。

Context: Characters fought and are about to join up. Also this character tends
to not speak 100% proper default Japanese. They tend to eat the particles I
think. So I'm thinking that a に could have been swallowed after に.

And I'm confused by the あるならできるよう bit.

協力できる事があるなら is simple "If we are able to have cooperation" / "If we are able
to cooperate".

Also if the last bit is

> Something + できるよう善処する

That would mean something along the lines of "We'll do our best to be able +
something". But how all this fits together is beyond me.

For now I think this means something along the lines of **"Moreover, we should
do our best if we are to be able to cooperate."** but I'm not so sure.

Basically the question is what is the actual meaning and how does this
sentence split.
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grammar translation meaning
Interpretation of "ならできるよう"
> 「その上{うえ}で、協力{きょうりょく}できる事{こと}があるならできるよう善処{ぜんしょ}する。」

＝

> 「その上で、協力できる事があるなら、できるよう善処する。」

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> 「その上で、 協力できる事があるなら、（協力）できるよう（に）善処する。」

Above is how one should parse and understand this sentence even though I must
say that the **first sentence is already quite normal**. In Japanese, the use
of punctuations is pretty much left to the writer's discretion.

「～～よう善処する」 is actually more formal than 「～～よう **に** 善処する」. The latter is more
conversational.

The sentence means:

> "Moreover, if there is anything that we can cooperate with you on, we will
> do our best."

So, your overall comprehension was actually alright.
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