> 永沢君たちって、...なんていうかジメジメしてる **ところ** が怒られるもとになってるでしょ？  
>  As for Nakasawa's crew,...how do I put it? Their gloominess becomes the
> source of them getting told off. Right? (my best-guess translation)

I thought してるところ was "in the middle of doing", but I can't get the sentence to
work with that translation. "The source of being told off is 'in the middle
of'/while/during being gloomy"? The implication seems to be that they only get
told off when they are gloomy.

Have I totally messed up the overall translation? Could you please clarify how
ところ is working here? Many thanks.
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grammar aspect
Use of ところ in this sentence
してるところ would mean "in the middle of doing" if the term before that was a verb.
E.g. I'm in the middle of driving right now (今運転してるところ).

However, it can also mean "that part". E.g. The gloomy part of you. So in this
case, your "best-guess translation" is correct!
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