Meaning of 真であるとして


> 話し手が真であるとして提示している事象の表示

In the above sentence, I'm guessing '真であるとして' means 'as if it is the
truth/real', but I'm guessing I might be misunderstanding 'であるとして' so I
thought I'd ask for clarification. Also stumbling a bit with understanding
'事象の表示' ('representation of events'?), but I think that's because I'm not
understanding the sentence fully.




～であるとして can mean two things: **"as being..."** or **"supposing
that.../if..."** It looks as if you had given both meanings to a single
instance of the phrase. It can only be one or the other at one time, and here,
"as being..." is the correct sense.

The 事象の表示 would be "manifestation of the phenomenon (or phenomena)" or some
such. But there are many candidates for the translation of the 表示 (one of them
being "representation") and without context, it is hard to judge which one is
the best suited.

Translated, the whole phrase should be parsed as follows:

> （manifestation （of the phenomenon （which the speaker is presenting as being
> a truth）））

(Am I segmenting the phrase properly? If not, could someone please correct me?
I'm new to this...)




～であるとして can mean two things: **"as being..."** or **"supposing
that.../if..."** It looks as if you had given both meanings to a single
instance of the phrase. It can only be one or the other at one time, and here,
"as being..." is the correct sense.

The 事象の表示 would be "manifestation of the phenomenon (or phenomena)" or some
such. But there are many candidates for the translation of the 表示 (one of them
being "representation") and without context, it is hard to judge which one is
the best suited.

Translated, the whole phrase should be parsed as follows:

> （manifestation （of the phenomenon （which the speaker is presenting as being
> a truth）））

(Am I segmenting the phrase properly? If not, could someone please correct me?
I'm new to this...)

