批評された側では、多少、けなされていても、褒められたところをよりどころにして希望をつなぎとめることができる。
-> people who was criticized, and humiliated, The things that was praised, よりどころ (become foundation(?)) 希望をつなぎとめる(fasten hope(?))
And I wonder why けなされていても followed by 褒められたところ?? Its two different thing.
Vocabulary:
The main structure of the sentence:
批評された側では、希望をつなぎとめることができる。
The side (=person) which was criticized (i.e., the author of the work) can still have small hope.
And the followings are two subordinate clauses that each modify the verb つなぎとめる:
- 多少けなされていても
even if (his work) is spoken ill a bit- 褒められたところをよりどころにして
using the part which was praised as a crutch
The whole sentence roughly means "(If there are parts that were praised in your work,) Even when some parts of your work are spoken ill of, you can still have some hope using the praised part as a crutch."
