How to say "it's as though" in Japanese?
E.g., how would I translate sentences like the following?
"I remember so little about the party, it's as though I never went."
"He knows so much about the job he's applying for, it's as though he already works there."
"They spend so much time together, they might as well be married."
If there are a number of different options I'd be interested in hearing them! Thanks in advance!
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"I remember so little about the party, it's as though I never went." 私はそのパーティーについて、"まるで行ってないかのうよう"に少しのことしか覚えていない
"He knows so much about the job he's applying for, it's as though he already works there." 彼は応募している会社の仕事について、"まるでもうそこで働いているかのように"よく知っている。
"it's as though" in Japanese is "まるで~のように"
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"I remember so little about the party, it's as though I never went."
If I translate this wordly, it does not sound like Japanese.
So I would say, this might be more Japanese although a logic has been changed a little bit.
"そのパーティのことについてはほとんど覚えていない。行っていないのとなんら変わらない”と訳した方が自然だと思います。
"They spend so much time together, they might as well be married."
彼と彼女はいつも一緒にいる。まるで結婚しているかのようだ。
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To paraphrase your examples, could it be:
"He knows so much about the job he's applying for, it's [almost like that] he already works there."
There's this 「~ようにしている」to suggest a tendency or resemblance in one's action.
http://j-nihongo.com/younisiteiru/
or「に似てる」to suggest a similarity in behavior or action.
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%AB%E4%BC%BC%E3%81%A6%E3%82%8B
These are my guesses. Occasionally there are phrases that do not have an exact match between English / Japanese. "It's as though" may be one of them.
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