君が自分の仕事ぶりを認められる前に給料の値上げのことをいうと、本末転倒しているのではないかと私は思いたくなる。

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English Translation

When you speak of a pay-raise before recognition, I am inclined to think you are putting the cart before the horse.

Furigana

君(きみ)が自分(じぶん)の仕事(しごと)ぶりを認(みと)められる前(まえ)に給料(きゅうりょう)の値上(ねあ)げのことをいうと、本末転倒(ほんまつてんとう)しているのではないかと私(わたし)は思(おも)いたくなる。

Romanji

Kimi ga jibun no shigotoburi o mitomerareru mae ni kyūryō no neage no koto o iu to, honmatsutentōshiteiru no de wa nai ka to watashi wa omoitaku naru.

Words

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

仕事ぶり (しごとぶり)

the way one works

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

認める (したためる)

to write up

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

給料 (きゅうりょう)

salary; wages

値上げ (ねあげ)

price hike; mark-up

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

本末転倒 (ほんまつてんとう)

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...