Sentence examples of "il en est ainsi" in French
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.
Les disques sont audibles mais la qualité sonore en est horrible.
The discs are audible but the sound quality is terrible.
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.
Beaucoup de routes sont inondées. Il en découle de nombreux retards.
Many roads are flooded. As a result there are long delays.
Peu de gens, s'il en est, survivraient à une guerre nucléaire.
Few people, if any, could survive a nuclear war.
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.
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