I read a manga and I saw that it was translated to “is that so oh well.” Sokka
sorede” even if he continued speaking as if “sorede” meant “that’s why/because
of that” as I understood the word. Is there any context sorede can mean “oh
well” or was it a mistranslation?
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(Edited)Different meaning to それで
Don't change the original text. The man says "ああそうかい それで", not "そっか".

  * `そっか、それで!` means "Ah, so that's why!"
  * `ああそうかい。それで...` means "I see, fine. So..." or "Okay, fair enough. So..."

Since it's a manga, punctuation marks are not shown, but the intended meaning
is the latter.

(ああ)そっか indicates the speaker just understood something, whereas (ああ)そうかい
indicates the speaker heard something but is not very interested. It's そうかい
that corresponds to "oh well". Here それで just means "So" used to go back to the
main topic or move on to the next topic.
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