English translation of "il n'en avait rien été" - "No such thing happened"

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162 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:	il n'en avait rien été
Context:	Jak avait laissé un long interlude de silence calculé, espérant que Lou Jian ferait...
Keywords:	...erreur de prendre la parole, sous la pression de l'atmosphère. Il n'en avait rien été...Jack is a business executive who is trying to trip up Lou, who is a very intelligent business student that has his eye on his daughter. He is about to grill him about his life and business aptitude.

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162 months ago

wrote:

"he'd never amounted to much" or "he had never amonted to much"

162 months ago

wrote:

he had been nothing

162 months ago

wrote:

No such thing happened

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162 months ago

Marie-Claire wrote:

None of this happened.

162 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

He did not.

My comment:

or..., but he didn't.

162 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

but to no avail

My comment:

I would continue the sentence: ...., under the pressure of the situation, but to no avail.

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162 months ago

wrote:

espérant que Lou Jian ferait erreur de prendre la parole, sous la pression de l'atmosphère. Il n'en avait rien été It refers back to the whole earlier sentence: It refers to espérant que Lou Jian fertait l'erreur de prendre la parole. etc. But he would not. Such was not the case, to not avail, but that did not occur, etc. etc. etc.

162 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

but to no avail

My comment:

I would continue the sentence: ...., under the pressure of the situation, but to no avail.

162 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

it hadn't occurred so

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