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i'm not entirely sure but remember that conditionals could be used to also
mean "when" when in is that the case here?

> ゲームを愛する引き篭もり少年・佐藤（さとう）和真（かずま）の人生は、あっけなく幕を閉じた・・・・・・はずだったが、目を覚ます **と**
> 目の前に女神と名乗る美少女が。

would I be correct in translating the whole sentence as some along the lines
of "gaming loving shut-in, satou kazuma's life life had the curtains closed
too soon..... that was how it was supposed to be but, **when** he awoke,
before his eyes was beautiful girl calling herself a goddess" ?

it doesn't make much sense to mean _if_ here but I'm not too sure.
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translation meaning particle-と
The 「と」 conditional to be used as "when"?
The structure of this sentence is a bit strange to me (maybe I'm just confused
by punctuation).

Anyway, I guess that the _と_ you are discussing here is used just as in the
usual すると type of construction (plain verb + と). So, in this case, I think
that it's OK to translate it with _when_ in English, as this form generally
describes a cause/effect kind of relationship.

Breaking it down in a very literal way, that part of the sentence probably
could be translated as:

_(subject) opens/opened (his/her) eyes **and** (consequence)_.

Of course, in a more standard English we would probably change this structure
using _when_ :

**_when** (subject) opens/opened (his/her) eyes (consequence)_,

which basically bears the same idea of cause/effect. I think this article
might be also useful:

<http://selftaughtjapanese.com/2015/02/10/the-real-story-on-three-japanese-
conditionals-%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E3%80%81%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%82%89%E3%80%81%E3%81%99%E3%82%8C%E3%81%B0-suru-
to-shitara-sureba/>
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