"밥이 있어도 저는 안 먹을 거예요 = Regardless of if there is food/rice, I am not going to eat" this is a sentence and its translation from the site that i am studying korean.

One friend told me that the translation is not accurate and told me i should translate it with "even though". Another one said " even if" (which is closer to 'regardless of').
But these two translations are totally different.
Which one is correct? Is "regardless of" indeed an inaccurate translation??

Please help me, i got so confused😢

Answers

Hottokohii

9 Feb 2021

Korean

I suppose the reason why your friends told you different translation is from situation.

If 밥이 있어도 저는 안 먹을거에요 is in situation that
(I'm on a diet, so even though my mother prepares a meal for me, I am not going to eat!)
then even though would be natural.

If 밥이 있어도 저는 안 먹을거에요 is in situation that
(I'm not hungry, so I don't care whether there's a rice or not)
then regardless of would be natural. :)

But this won't be a perfect translation either. lol

And.. this is a TMI, are your friends korean?
Because in korean mandatory education system,
many teachers taught me
"~있어도 (~하더라도) = even though " and "~관계없이 = regardless of "
So.. if I had received that question, I would have translated it directly to 'even though'. haha

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Eleni128

9 Feb 2021

English (US)
Greek

@Hottokohii yes both of them are korean, so when you hear this sentence (without any background) in your head there is rice in that place 100% or you are not sure/don't care...?

because maybe in this example it does not make a big difference but in a sentence like "네가 잘해도..." i am saying "even though you are good at.. " or "even if you are good at.."
In the "even though" i am stating that i know for sure that you are good at it
But in the "even if" i dont actually know if you are good at it or not...