Cela étant dit = That being said?

Lukas H.C1Kwiziq community member

Cela étant dit = That being said?

One of the test questions was to translate "That being said" to French. Is "Cela étant dit" a correct translation? It was not accepted as such, but some web searching shows that at least other people think that one is correct in addition the official answer "cela dit".

This question relates to:French lesson "Ceci/Cela = this/that (French Demonstrative Pronouns)"

Asked 7 years ago

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

"Cela étant dit" is certainly grammatically correct. I suspect, however, that it sounds very stilted and unnatural to French ears. I have encountered "cela dit" but have never heard someone use "cela étant dit".

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Lukas, Je suis d'accord avec Chris. J'ai utilisé «cela dit» et je l'ai aussi entendu usé.

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Lukas H.C1Kwiziq community member

Thanks to you both! I became a little bit wiser :)

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Cela étant dit = That being said?

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