Meaning of 这么说 in the conversation

Question

A:她未婚夫不愿意让她工作了。
B:这么说，结婚以后她就不工作了。
A:对。

My questions are

(1) What is the meaning of 这么说 in this conversation?

(2) In addition, does 这么说 have any other meanings? Can you give me some examples?

Answer 1

(1) What is the meaning of 这么说 in this conversation?

'这么' means 'so/ this way/ like this'

'这么说' means 'saying so' = "according to so" (with this reason) in this context.

You can simply use 'accordingly' , 'consequently', 'therefore' or 'so' instead

E.g. "So, after she got married, she stopped working"

(2) In addition, does 这么说 have any other meanings? Can you give me some examples?

这么说 literally means "say /said /saying so" and you can use it literally. e.g. "他这么说" (he said so); 人們是這麼說的 (people are saying so)

Answer 2

这么说，followed by a sentence, means it is a hypothesis but if what you said is right, this hypothesis should be correct with a very high possibility.

这么说 = 如果你说的是对的，那么......

A:她未婚夫不愿意让她工作了。
B:如果你说的是对的，那么结婚以后她就不工作了。
A:对。

A:非常遗憾，他的父母都死于这次车祸了。
B:这么说（如果你说的是对的，那么）他就是个孤儿了。
A:对。

A:他去美国了工作了。（he has been in the US and worked there）
B:这么说，他的英语一定说得很好。（If what you said is true, (I guess) his English must be good enough）
A:不，他的英语并不好，不过他是去做中文老师，所以我猜他应该没问题。(No, ...)