Meaning of 伝わる and AよりもB, 温かい, and て-form+から+でも

Question

I need help understanding some Japanese sentences. All the sentences are connected except the last one.

今も手紙はたまに書きますよ。
mailよりも気持ちが伝わるんです。

I know that the first sentence means "people also write letters nowadays". But it's the second sentence that confuses me. 伝わる means "to travel" but I guess in this context it means "conveyed/spread". So does it mean "Feelings can also be conveyed by mail"?.

手書きのほうが温かいというか。

Why is 温かい used here? I thought it meant warm. As in warm water or warm food etc... Does it mean "Handwritten letters are warm" (as in warm heart)?

and

あなたの仕事が終わってからでも大丈夫ですよ。

I don't get this one at all. Also, what does でも do in the sentence?

Answer 1

1)

伝わる can have the meaning "to travel" but I think it's easier to remember it as convey. To pass information of emotion to another person.

mailよりも気持ちが伝わるんです。

Let's break this down.

より means "than" or "more than". You seem to have missed this in your translation.

気持ち means feelings

伝わる means convey

んです in this case, is giving a reason as to why she 手紙をたまに書きます。

In not so natural English, "Emotions (feelings) are conveyed more in handwritten letters than email."

2)

Yes. 温かい can also be used in that way. However, there is another kanji: 暖かい. This one can only be used for weather, etc. Not in the way "warm heart".

In the sentence you posted のほうが is showing comparison. We do this in English with "~er" or "more". So here maybe a good translation would be: "You could say handwritten letters are warmer.".

3)

でも in this sense is used as "even". You often see it used like this.

コーヒーでもいかがですか？ How about a coffee or something?

It generally introduces a single option out of many others.

In your case, the option is "after you finish work" but of course, other times would be fine too.