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[This site](https://edujapa.com/mikke/level/5/tonaruto/) has these example
sentences for the となると・となれば grammar point:

> 結婚となると、住む場所は職場に近いところにするつもりだ。

> さすがに中学生となれば、親より友達を優先するようになりたい。

> ５年後に家を建てるとなれば、今から少しでも倹約して貯金しよう。

These sentences don't make much sense to me because となると・となれば seem to suggest
a hypothetical situation and I am under the impression that 意志・希望 can't follow
them. Am I right?
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Can となると・となれば be used with expressions of 意志・希望?
I agree that those sentences are slightly odd, but the following similar
sentences are natural enough to me. (The translations are a little rough)

> 結婚となると、もう少し考えたい  
>  (The partner is pleasant enough to be with, but) If the talk comes to
> marriage, I'd like to think it over a bit more.

> 英語学を専攻するとなれば、しっかりした発音を身につけておきたい  
>  If you major in English, you need to have a firm foundation in
> pronunciation.

> 20年後老後資金が2000万円必要となると、今から少しずつ貯めておきたい.  
>  If one needs 20m yen for living after the retirement, which is 20 years
> from now, then I'd like to save little by little starting now.

Most probably, in Xとなると/なればY, wishes/intentions can come as Y, but those are
wishes or intentions about what the subject does NOW (or before X happens). In
all the sentences above, the latter part can be translated using _need to_ (I
need to think, you need to have, I need to save).

Strictly speaking, these are not really wishes or intentions but たい can be
used anyway. (The particular usage of たい is similar to English _You may want
to X_ when suggesting to do X.)

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For comparison,

  * 来年円安が収まったら海外旅行に行きたい is normal
  * 来年円安が収まるとなれば海外旅行に行きたい is (probably) odd

Following the above explanation, the first one is the most odd; The second is
_If one comes of age of junior high, one needs to put preference to friends_ ;
The third, _If I'm to build a house five years later, I need to save money
from now_. The last two should be acceptable though I feel the second is a bit
strange - possibly simply because of what it says.
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