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So google translator seemly tells me that to express "When it comes to" I
should use the following structure (I tried finding it on google and this
forum but could not find it)

> それは ... ことになると

For instance

> それは歩くことになると **"When it comes to walking"**

But since I don't trust google translator at all, I am asking, what is the
right way to say that?

The sentence I am trying to make is the following **"When it comes to drinking
everyday, it seems that Japanese people drink more than Brazilian people."**
(refeering to the image that many people go to izakaya after work). My
attempt:

> それは、毎日飲むことになると、日本人はブラジル人より、飲みそうだと思う

What do you think? Thanks in advance!
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How to express "When it comes to"?
「それは ... ことになると」 sounds funny, particularly the 「それは」 part. Looks like Google
**_forcibly_** translated the word "it".

Most naturally, we would say:

・「～～に関{かん}して（言{い}えば/言うと）」

・「～～について言えば」

・「～～にかけては」

・「～～のことになると」

You could say:

> 「日{ひ}ごろの（アルコールの）飲{の}み方{かた}に関して言えば、日本人はブラジル人よりも飲むような気{き}がする。」

Your sentence, though, would be understood by nearly all native speakers if
you just dropped 「それは」.
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