on the other hand | Idiomator

Meaning: (sequence,idiomatic)Fromanotherpoint of view.Well yes, it was quite a good bargain;on the other hand, do we really need one?1873, James Clerk Maxwell,A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism:Its external relations, on the one hand to dynamics, andon the otherto heat, light, chemical action, and the constitution of bodies, seem to indicate the special importance of electrical science as an aid to the interpretation of nature.[1921[1919],H. L. Mencken, chapter1, inThe American Language, 2nd edition, New York:Alfred A. Knopf,→ISBN,→OCLC:Thus the study of the language he is supposed to use, to the average American, takes on a sort of bilingual character. On the one hand, he is grounded abominably in a grammar and syntax that have always been largely artificial, even in the country where they are supposed to prevail, andon the other handhe has to pick up the essentials of his actual speech as best he may.]1950,Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in LiteratureI maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while,on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.1961January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, inTrains Illustrated, page19:The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line;on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.

Examples:

EN: On one hand the domination of the world, on the other hand, his son.
ES: Por un lado la dominación del mundo, del otro lado, su hijo.
EN: But on the other hand his son was still too young to take over the farm.
ES: Sin embargo, su hijo era todavía muy joven como para ocuparse de la granja.
EN: On the one hand it would be welcome for the people of Genoa, on the other hand the aristocracy would regret if it were to lose a valuable property.
ES: Por un lado, seria una alegria para el pueblo genoves, por otro, la nobleza habria de lamentar la perdida de unas tierras tan valiosas.
EN: While Marie recovered the hope of seeing her son alive Petit Paul, on the other hand ...
ES: Mientras que Marie recobraba la esperanza de ver vivir a su hijo Petit Paul, por su parte...
EN: It is very kind on the other hand to come to help us, Minta... and also you, Sr. Ash
ES: Es muy amable por su parte venir a ayudarnos, Minta... y también usted, Sr. Ash
EN: Mr H.W.L. Jonathan, owner, on the other hand, this has been agreed upon:
ES: Señor H.W.L. Jonathan, propietario, de otra parte, está de acuerdo con:
EN: Jean-Marie, on the other hand, is already back with a huge crop.
ES: Jean-Marie, ya de regreso, descarga por contra una abundante pesca.
EN: Still, on the other hand, water is water, isn't it?
ES: Aunque, por otra parte, el agua es el agua, ¿no?
EN: The elks, on the other hand, live up in the hills.
ES: Los antes, en cambio, viven arriba en las colinas.
EN: - on the other hand ...
ES: - por otra parte...
EN: that is, on the one hand, from the status virilis, on the other hand, from the status muliebre.
ES: A saber, por una parte, desde el 'status virilis', y por otra parte, desde el 'status mulibre'.
EN: It's a far too important matter, so to speak, a res consuetudinis, on the one hand on the other hand, a res ud unios quisqued that is, it may be looked at from two sides
ES: Es un asunto demasiado importante, digamos que, una 'res consuetudinis', por una parte y por otra, una 'res ud unios quisqued' es decir, que puede considerarse desde dos puntos de vista,
EN: I shall like to remind you that truth is often stranger than fiction. If, on the other hand, you are convinced that the evidence is indeed fiction, then I must tell you in the words of the counsel of the prosecution that neither youth nor beauty nor provocation can be held to mitigate
ES: Pero, si están convencidos que la evidencia es pura ficción... debo entonces repetir las palabras del acusador que "ni la juventud ni la belleza o provocación alguna... pueden mitigar el crimen de asesinato".
EN: However, on the other hand – 0h, by the way, Mr. Burns – Will you drop over to Hurrells as soon as you can, please. And have some new photographs taken.
ES: Sr. Burns, tiene que hacer nuevas fotografías al estudio Hurrell, para un artículo que va a salir en "American Sportsman".
EN: But on the other hand, if you stayed here, you could finish your new play.
ES: Pero por otro lado, si te quedaras, podrías terminar tu nueva obra.

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