Cela étant dit = That being said?

Question

One of the test questions was to translate "That being said" to French. Is "Cela étant dit" a correct translation? It was not accepted as such, but some web searching shows that at least other people think that one is correct in addition the official answer "cela dit".

Accepted Answer

"Cela étant dit" is certainly grammatically correct. I suspect, however, that it sounds very stilted and unnatural to French ears. I have encountered "cela dit" but have never heard someone use "cela étant dit".

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Answer

Bonjour Lukas,
Je suis d'accord avec Chris.  J'ai utilisé «cela dit» et je l'ai aussi entendu usé.

Answer

Thanks to you both! I became a little bit wiser :)