As a side benefit, it gave me the inspiration for this project.

作为附带好处，它还为我开发该项目提供了某些灵感。

At present, the side benefit of this policy is descending.

目前这种政策的边际效益在递减。

The researchers may also have stumbled on an unexpected side benefit.

研究人员似乎也偶然得到了没有预想到的另外的好处。

This has the side benefit of improving performance by reducing WAN traffic.

如此一来，就可以通过减少WAN流量，从侧面提高性能。

[Plus as a side benefit you also] get to present your own user interface.

[另一附带好处是你还可以]展现自己的用户接口。