GRAMMAR DETAIL

〜に臨んで

on facing · as one approaches

Indicates adopting the necessary resolve or attitude when facing an important task or formal occasion.

Examples

重要な交渉に臨んで、代表は資料を読み直した。

Before facing the important negotiations, the representative reread the materials.

新学期に臨んで、目標を書き出した。

As the new school term approached, I wrote down my goals.

Structure: に臨んで follows an important undertaking and connects it to preparation or the attitude adopted in facing it.
Basic usage: 重要な交渉に臨んで、代表は資料を読み直した。 describes the representative rereading materials when facing important negotiations.

Nozomu as facing versus wishing
- 臨む in 交渉に臨む means facing an undertaking, whereas 望む in 成功を望む means wishing for success. Both are read のぞむ, but they also connect to their objects with different particles.