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I’m having major trouble understanding and translating these example
sentences.

> 試験や勉強で忙しくなると、どうして勉強しているのか忘れがちになる。でも勉強は自分のためにしているということを忘れないでほしい。

My translation: When you become busy with exams and your studies, why do you
tend to forget your studying? But in order to study for yourself I don’t want
you to forget?

My translations don’t make much sense but that’s the trouble I’m having. I
understand all the vocab and grammar used but I just can’t translate that into
intelligible English.
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Translating “どうして〜のか忘れがちになる”
The mistake you're doing is misunderstanding the [usage of "embedded"
questions](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/13034/usage-
of-%E3%81%8B-after-a-clause/13038#13038).

My translation:

> When you get busy with exams and your studies it can be easy to forget why
> you're even studying, but I want you to remember that you're studying for
> your own benefit.
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Parse it this say:

> {どうして勉強しているのか(を)}忘れがちになる。

どうして勉強しているか is the object of 忘れ(る).

> 「勉強は自分のためにしている」 **と** いうことを忘れないでほしい。

The と is the quotative particle.
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