Usage examples of "s'il en est ainsi" in French with translation to English

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S'il en est ainsi, que devrions-nous faire ? If so, what should we do?
L'homme a plusieurs souhaits qu'il ne souhaite pas vraiment réaliser, et ce serait une erreur de supposer le contraire. Il veut qu'ils demeurent des souhaits ; ils n'ont de valeur que dans son imagination ; leur réalisation serait pour lui une amère déception. Il en est ainsi avec le désir de la vie éternelle. S'il était réalisé, l'Homme deviendrait complètement dégoûté de vivre éternellement, et désirerait la mort. Man has many wishes that he does not really wish to fulfil, and it would be a misunderstanding to suppose the contrary. He wants them to remain wishes, they have value only in his imagination; their fulfilment would be a bitter disappointment to him. Such a desire is the desire for eternal life. If it were fulfilled, man would become thoroughly sick of living eternally, and yearn for death.
Je n'ai aucune idée de pourquoi il en est ainsi. I have no idea why it is so.
Je n'ai aucune idée pourquoi il en est ainsi. I have no idea why it is so.
La raison en est évidente. The reason for this is obvious.
Les disques sont audibles mais la qualité sonore en est horrible. The discs are audible but the sound quality is terrible.
Il était si triste qu'il en est presque devenu fou. He was so sad that he almost went mad.
L'équipe de tournage en est à sa cinquième prise parce que l'actrice n'arrête pas de foirer son texte. The film crew is on their fifth take because the actress keeps flubbing her lines.
Peu de gens, s'il en est, survivraient à une guerre nucléaire. Few people, if any, could survive a nuclear war.
Le prix en est tout simplement hallucinant. The price is simply mind blowing.
Le changement est une chose, le progrès en est un autre. Le changement est scientifique, le progrès est éthique ; le changement est incontestable, alors que le progrès est sujet à discussion. Change is one thing, progress is another. "Change" is scientific, "progress" is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
«Alors tu penses que c'était Jean qui a volé mon portefeuille ?» «Je ne sais pas, mais je pense qu'il en est capable.» "So you think it was John who stole my wallet?". "I don't know, but I wouldn't put it past him."
Connaître une langue est une chose, l'enseigner en est une autre. To know a language is one thing, and to teach it is another.
Cette phrase est exemplaire de la manière avec laquelle l'expression susnommée en est venue a être totalement détachée de son origine. This sentence exemplifies the way in which the aforementioned expression has come to be completely divorced from its root.
Savoir est une chose, mettre en pratique en est une autre. To know is one thing, to practice another.
Christophe Colomb a répété la même blague 256 fois en une seule journée ; tout son équipage en est mort... de rire. Christopher Columbus once used the same joke 256 times in one day... thereby causing his entire crew to die of laughter.
Le baseball est un sport, et l'escalade en montagne en est un aussi. Playing baseball is a sport, and climbing mountains is a sport, too.
Je crois que Tom seul peut le faire. Toutefois, il y a ceux qui croient que Marie en est également capable. I think that Tom and only Tom can do it. However, some people think that Mary could do it, too.
Parler est une chose, et écrire en est une autre. To speak is one thing and to write is another.
Le risque en est trop élevé. The risk is too great.
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