[question] とはいえ

[kepompong]

Another question

Is とはいえ the same as って?
I know that という the longer form of って
I read that とは　can also be replaced by って
So does "to wa ie" means the same as "tte"?

Another question regarding, ていうか / つーか
The official translation from WWWJDIC is "or rather", "better yet", etc
But somehow, most of the time I ended up translating it to "anyway" since it sounds better to the sentence, IMO. Of course, it depends on the sentence itself but my question is. Is it acceptable to translate "teiuka" as "anyway" since it is use to change the topic (into a better, pressing one) as well?

Thank you people!

[QuackingShoe]

You don't really need to 'translate' it into anything, just understand it, but you could translate it into whatever depending on the circumstances if you had to. と言うか is literally a quote, following 'ka', so it's kindof like "I could say that, or..." and then whatever's next. So it is very often used with a 'rather' kindof feeling, since the speaker often realizes partway through that they'd rather say it a different way.
とはいえ means 'though/although', and can not be replaced by って. って is a lazy way to quote something, but とはいえ isn't about that, strictly. Or rather, it holds more. It's like, "Having said that, however..."

Example: とはいえ、少ない金額から始めることができるため、初心者には最適な選択です。
Still, it is an ideal choice for beginners because they can start with a small amount of money.

You get the impression something moderately negative was said about the choice in the sentence before this one, and this one is listing a truth that's in spite of that other one. (And it is; the sentence before said the choice was high-risk.)