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I came across this sentence :

> こうして **見ている分には** 、本当の親子そのものにしか見えぬ。

I looked up on this very website the meaning of 見ている分には, but I'm still not
sure as to what it really means.

Is there a way to translate it into english, or is it just fine to take it as
a way to emphasize the verb 見る ?

For instance, would it bear the same meaning if I were to say

こうして見ていると、本当の親子そのものにしか見えぬ ?

EDIT: As I said: **I looked up on this very website the meaning of 見ている分には,
but I'm still not sure as to what it really means. Meaning: I ve read the
subject marked as duplicate.**
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A better understanding of 分には
The meaning is really close. But there is a deeper nuance with 分には.

Basically, 分 means "part", like a portion of something we divided. So it
literally means:

> こうして見ている分には : in the portion/part that I see doing (like) this, blahblah

You can see it being almost the same as 範囲. It creates "borders" around what
you see (見ている) and the rest of the sentence is about what is within these
borders.

With と, it's a "plain conditional", meaning it's just the same as "if" in
English.

I admit they would probably be translated the same way if we wanted to write
good English though.

> こうして見ている分には、本当の親子そのものにしか見えぬ。 : If we look (at them) like this, they look
> like nothing but real 親子
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