死ぬ事は不正直である。

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#1
English Translation

Death is preferable to dishonor.

Does this not mean “death is dishonest”?

#2

@cstuartroe
Check out the sentence source. The JP-EN pair doesn’t match. So, the source has already cut the link between them.

Moreover, 死ぬ事は不正直である, particularly the 死ぬ事は part sounds very unnatural in Japanese.

Death is preferable to dishonor. = 不誠実より死の方がましだ。(pron. ふせいじつよりしのほうがましだ) or 不誠実に生きるくらいなら死んだ方がましだ。

Death is dishonest. = 死とは不誠実を意味する。(pron. しとはふせいじつをいみする; literal meaning: Dying means being dishonest.)

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