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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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How to translate "but nevertheless"

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that experiences influence subsequent behaviors is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering.
  

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". "(The fact) that experiences influence subsequent behaviours" -- it is presented as a known fact that the things a person experiences in their life affect how that person behaves in the future. "is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity" -- the aforementioned fact is evidence of an activity that is familiar to everyone ("obvious"), but, despite being obvious, is still remarkable.

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  • "(The fact) that experiences influence subsequent behaviours" -- it is presented as a known fact that the things a person experiences in their life affect how that person behaves in the future.
  • "is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity" -- the aforementioned fact is evidence of an activity that is familiar to everyone ("obvious"), but, despite being obvious, is still remarkable.
  • "(that is) called remembering" -- the name of this activity is "remembering".
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I'm assuming you've provided a complete sentence and that "that..." should be "That...".

"(The fact) that experiences influence subsequent behaviours" -- it is presented as a known fact that the things a person experiences in their life affect how that person behaves in the future.

"is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity" -- the aforementioned fact is ev
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