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[spare lance]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[viral vale]

Everything that’s easier vs that which is easier

But also context matters

[vapid ibex]

I understand that "tout" means "everything" but I would never say "everything that's easier" in English so I don't understand what context you would use one vs the other.

[lavish sequoia]

anything that's easier?

[vapid ibex]

I still don't understand the distinction, there's only one sense of this phrase that I can think of in English. example: "We can take Uber or the train, whichever's easier"

Am I missing something?

[edgy widget]

But thats what the French phrases you asked to translate mean.

They translate to “everything that is easier” and “that which is easier”.

I also can’t think of a context one might use these phrases in.

If you were attempting to translate “whatever’s easier”, as in your train vs Uber example, that’s not how a native speaker would say “whatever’s easier”. In fact I’m having a hard time coming up with an equivalent phrase for now

[vapid ibex]

I see - I was suspicious when I found this on reverso context, which is why I wanted to ask real people 🙂 Thanks all

[edgy widget]

I feel like I’d word it as a question. “On peut y aller en train ou en Uber… le plus simple ça serait quoi ?”

[vapid ibex]

would "selon ce qui est le plus facile" make sense? I prefer "le plus simple" or "le plus facile" but just curious

[edgy widget]

It makes sense grammatically as an attempt to directly translate the English phrase, but it’s just clunky and unidiomatic