rather than

English

Conjunction

rather than

1. And not.
2. Used to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred.

   I'd like to go home early rather than risk the roads later.

   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

Translations

and not

• Vietnamese: chứ không phải

to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred

• Arabic: بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min)

  Egyptian Arabic: بدل ما (badal ma), أحسن ما (ʔaḥsan ma)

• Bulgarian: вместо (bg) (vmesto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毋寧／毋宁 (zh) (wúnìng)

• Czech: raději než
• French: plutôt que (fr)
• German: statt (de)
• Italian: anziché (it)
• Latin: potius quam
• Norwegian: heller (no)
• Polish: a nie
• Scottish Gaelic: seach
• Slovak: radšej než
• Spanish: antes que, en vez de
• Vietnamese: hơn là, thay vì (vi)

Preposition

rather than

1. instead of; in preference to.

   I'd prefer a dog rather than a cat.

Translations

instead of, in preference to

• Arabic: أَكْثَر مِن (ʔakṯar min), عَنّ (ar) (ʕann)

  Egyptian Arabic: أكتر من (ʔaktar men), عن (ʕann)

• Bulgarian: вместо (bg) (vmesto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 與其／与其 (zh) (yǔqí)

• Czech: raději než, namísto (cs)
• Dutch: in plaats van (nl)
• French: au lieu de (fr), à la place de (fr), plus que (fr)
• German: statt (de)
• Irish: seachas
• Italian: anziché (it)
• Malagasy: noho (mg)
• Norwegian: heller enn
• Polish: a nie, zamiast (pl)
• Portuguese: a (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: seach
• Spanish: en vez de
• Tagalog: imbes
• Ukrainian: за́мість то́го (zámistʹ tóho)
• Vietnamese: hơn là, thay vì (vi)
• Yoruba: kàkà