I actually have a few questions about this exchange, if that's alright. The
context is the characters' friends are preparing a party to thank A for all
their hard work.

> A: 別に気にしなくていいのにさ 私は好きでやってるだけなんだし  
> B: あいつらだってそんなことわかってるさ… わかった上で感謝の気持ちを伝えたいんだろ 言わなくても伝わるはず… そんなのは単なる甘えだ
> 言葉や行動にしなきゃ伝わらないこともある

My attempt at it was:

A: They really don't have to worry about it. I just like what I'm doing.  
B: They know that... and want to show their appreciation. They should express
that even without saying... That's just [????]. Sometimes it may not get
through without words and actions.

My questions are thus:

  1. Am I correct with 私は好きでやってるだけなんだし, or would it be something like "I'm just doing what I like"?

  2. I'm struggling with how to naturally incorporate わかった上 in the phrasing in English without it sounding clunky. Is there a good way to do or would omitting it be a better option?

  3. I'm afraid I'm misunderstanding most of B's lines and this is my biggest sticking point: 言わなくても伝わるはず… そんなのは単なる甘えだ. I'm aware 甘え is 'depending upon others', but I'm not sure what B is trying to say.
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translation japanese-to-english
Help with understanding そんなのは単なる甘えだ?
甘える is a word for a certain type of human interaction which has no consistent
rendering in English. It generally tells that you think or act in a way that
you take for granted that someone is generous to or understands you. When of a
child or a lover, this is typically translated as "dependent", but it has more
ways to translate.

> 言わなくても伝わるはず… そんなのは単なる甘えだ

It is hard to tell with this much of context what intention it was uttered
with, but it literally says that a mindset "they know what you feel without
language" is expecting too much capacity of empathy of others.

>   1. _Am I correct with 私は好きでやってるだけなんだし, or would it be something like "I'm
> just doing what I like"?_
>

好きで means "out of (= because of) love", so either will do in this case.

>   2. _I'm struggling with how to naturally incorporate わかった上 in the phrasing
> in English without it sounding clunky. Is there a good way to do or would
> omitting it be a better option?_
>

～た上で roughly means "on the basis that —", so here I'd reflect it like "and/but
they **still** want..."
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