| English | Russian |
| if sth. is anything to go by | если судить по (An early and dramatic UFO landing took place in October 1952 in France, a country seemingly much favoured by UFOs in the 1950s, if the quantity of sighting reports is anything to go by. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") -- если судить по количеству • It’s possible that federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre joined the NDP in being quietly disappointed by the bid’s failure, at least if his silence on the provincial campaign is anything to go by. (nationalpost.com) -- если судить по его молчанию ART Vancouver) |
| if past experience is any guide | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |
| if past experience is anything to go by | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |
| if that is the case | если дело обстоит таким образом (The lack of any new sightings or evidence suggests that if these things ever existed at all, then they may well have already gone extinct or are close to it. If that is the case, then perhaps we will never know what they were or are. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| if that is the case | если это так (The lack of any new sightings or evidence suggests that if these things ever existed at all, then they may well have already gone extinct or are close to it. If that is the case, then perhaps we will never know what they were or are. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |