double ては in a sentence


> 「……そも、この学園にはその軋みがないものね。 **術式めいてはいるだけでは何も起きる訳がない、か** 」

In this school there are no such conflicts.

And I really have no idea bout the second part.

Can someone explain it to me?

Added fantranslation of the bold sentence:

> With nothing but empty ceremonies nothing ever happens, i guess.

My understanding from following Naruto's advice of removing the second は
brings me to this translations.

> Just because there are ceremonies does not mean that nothing happen.




There are two は in the second sentence, which looks unnatural to me. The
author should have wanted to write either:

>   * 術式めいてはいるだけで、何も起きる訳がない、か  
>  It only _resembles_ magic; there's no way something can happen, huh?
>
>   * 術式めいているだけでは、何も起きる訳がない、か  
>  Just because it resembles magic doesn't mean something can happen, huh?
>
>

  * `noun + めく` forms a literary verb which means "look like ～", "resemble ～". It happened to be asked very recently in this site ([see this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/29863/5010)).
  * I'm not sure if _ceremony_ is the right word for 術式. 術式 in such a context usually refers to _magical procedure_ , _magic circle_ , etc.
  * ～わけがない is "There's no way ～", "It's impossible that ～". 
    * 何も起きるわけがない = No way something can happen; Nothing can happen




There are two は in the second sentence, which looks unnatural to me. The
author should have wanted to write either:

>   * 術式めいてはいるだけで、何も起きる訳がない、か  
>  It only _resembles_ magic; there's no way something can happen, huh?
>
>   * 術式めいているだけでは、何も起きる訳がない、か  
>  Just because it resembles magic doesn't mean something can happen, huh?
>
>

  * `noun + めく` forms a literary verb which means "look like ～", "resemble ～". It happened to be asked very recently in this site ([see this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/29863/5010)).
  * I'm not sure if _ceremony_ is the right word for 術式. 術式 in such a context usually refers to _magical procedure_ , _magic circle_ , etc.
  * ～わけがない is "There's no way ～", "It's impossible that ～". 
    * 何も起きるわけがない = No way something can happen; Nothing can happen

