Is "on one hand, on the other hand" a cliche? [closed]

I don't think most readers would bristle at a single instance of the phrase – it's not tremendously trite and cliché.

That said, the expression's overuse could be distracting to the reader. You said:

in the article I am going to translate, there are abundant "on one hand .. on the other hand".

If that's the case, there may be times you could eliminate the expression altogether, and adjust the wording to convey the same meaning; for example:

We should find a Way of long peace instead of living just for today. We must prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by it, while at the same time we must find a way of long peace for the society.

We should find a Way of long peace instead of living just for today. We must prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by it, yet we must also find a way of long peace for the society.

We should find a Way of long peace instead of living just for today. We must do two things: prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by it, while also finding a way of long peace for the society.

We should find a Way of long peace instead of living just for today. We must prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by it. That said, we must also find a way of long peace for the society.

Any of those would suffice in place of "on one hand .. on the other hand."

In short, I don't think you should be afraid to use the expression; on the other hand, you don't want to use it so often that it becomes distracting and overused within the article itself.

By the way, it is acceptable to use "on the other hand" without an "on [the] one hand" preceding it, as I just did.

First, you are under no obligation to reproduce the idiom, in its entirety, word for word. On the other hand, you do need to avoid repeating yourself. Therefore, use alternative words to add variety to your text while helping your readers follow a list of different ideas and concepts at the same time.

Basically, these handy expressions act like sign posts that inform the reader what the next paragraph is going to be about. Be it confirming or contrasting an opinion, as in the OP's excerpt. As a result, the ideas should connect to one another and the writing flow more naturally.

These fixed expressions are called: linking words, connectors, and formal discourse markers. They will help connect sentences and give them greater coherence. One word of caution though, be careful not to overdo it (as I have) and use them sparingly to avoid your writing sounding too heavy and artificial.

I'm not a writer, writing for me is difficult and if I had the time to refine and edit this paragraph, I would probably do a much better job. But I hope I have at least illustrated how these expressions can be used as a tool, in your job as a translator.

List of expressions for contrasting

• However • nevertheless • nonetheless • still • although • even though • though • but • yet • despite • in spite of • instead • instead of • in contrast (to) • in comparison • while • whereas • on the other hand • on the contrary • conversely

List of expressions for reinforcing and confirming

• Similarly • likewise • also • just as • just like • similar to • same as • compare • compare(d) to/with • not only ... but also • notably • furthermore • moreover • obviously • particularly • especially • specifically

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The problem with using the on one hand . . . on the other hand construction is that the two things being compared must have some sort of difficult problem of mutually exclusive conflict with each other, some kind of paradox or competing interest that is difficult or impossible to resolve.

The two abstract ideas presented here for contrast with each other don’t seem to be incompatible in any way. If there is a conflict between them, you must tell the audience what that conflict is. You would summarize the conflict after you explain what the problem is with an on one hand . . . on the other hand construction.

I think you cannot do this. I think there is no actual conflict here. You should probably just make a list:

We need to do 2 things, X and Y.

Or just drop one of your concepts, because

prevent the community from coming apart

and

find a way of long peace for the society

are almost identical ideas. No contrast exists between them. One says do not fight, the other says get along. It is as though you have said do not not make peace and attempted to contrast that with make peace. Because the two negatives cancel each other out to make a positive, now both sides are saying the very same thing, and there is no contract.

Whatever distinction you’re trying to draw — if there indeed is one — you need to explain it better.

One one hand/on the other hand is a well understood and much used idiom, but I see what you may mean. I do not personally see it as awkward at all

In the '80s a 3rd option was added and a lot of nerds SF lovers will understand "on the gripping hand" as such a reference

Your sentence would be syntactically correct as

We have to prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by this and on the other hand find a way of long peace for the society.

Note I changed it to this

However I do not see the two as opposites so

We have to prevent the community from coming apart and suffering the disasters caused by this, as well as find a way of long peace for the society.