English translation of "en est-il de" - "Such is the case for"

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172 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	en est-il de
Context:	La plupart des ordres juridiques nationaux prévoient toutefois que les débats oraux sont..
Keywords:	...de droit dispositif et que les parties peuvent librement y renoncer. Ainsi en est-il du droit allemand, blge ou suédois et del la loi type CNUDCI sur l'arbitrage commercia international.

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172 months ago

wrote:

Such is the case for

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172 months ago

Geoff Bing wrote:

It is the case for...

172 months ago

AlaVita wrote:

It is so

My comment:

Do not place So in the beginning, least it reads as an introductory word rather than definition we need here, French inversions should rarely be kept in English.

172 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA wrote:

so it is with German law....

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172 months ago

wrote:

I agree

172 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

So do I. Stock phrase.

172 months ago

Jennifer White wrote: