Professor A asked you to go to his room.
A先生があなたを先生の部屋に行ってほしいです。
Is it OK? I feel it is not quite natural.
Similarly, how to say "Professor A hopes you can concentrate on the XX research."
A先生があなたをXX研究に集中してほしいです。
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Your sentences are not quite grammatical for the following reasons.
- To describe a third person's desire, you must use 欲しがる instead of 欲しい. See: When to use 欲しがる instead of 欲しい
- The person actually performing the action (aka agent) must be marked with に instead of を. あなたを欲しがっている in Japanese is acceptable only in sexual, headhunting or flesh-trading contexts.
- You perhaps want to use は instead of が in your second example because the desire of A先生 is probably not temporary in this case. See: Can someone explain me the use of は and が in this sentence? and Why does 「電話は切れた」 sound more adversarial than 「電話が切れた」?
After fixing them, you'll get:
- A先生があなたに先生の部屋に行って欲しがっています。
- A先生はあなたにXX研究に集中して欲しがっています。
Although naruto covered the grammatical aspects, I disagree with his answer insofar as I don't think 欲しい/欲しがる would be used in these cases.
For your first sentence, my choice of phrasing would depend on whether it's important to explicitly mention the room. If it isn't, then a simple
A先生があなたを呼んでいます。("Professor A is asking for you.")
If mentioning the room is important, then something along the lines of
A先生は研究室へ行くようにとおっしゃっていました。("Professor A said you have to go to his office.")
(Adjusting the ◯◯室 as appropriate for the actual type of room; 部屋 is likely to be misinterpreted as the professor's apartment).
In your second example, I'd favour the てもらう construction:
A先生はあなたにXX研究に集中してもらいたいとおっしゃっていました。("Professor A said he wants you to focus on (the) XX research.")
Obviously, this differs a lot from your initial attempts, but I think it's unlikely that 欲しい/欲しがる would be used in the situations presented in your sentences.
There are, of course, a number of possible ways to express the general idea, but the ones I present here are the ones I come across in the workplace on a regular basis (substituting an upper level manager for the professor).
