RichTestOrg_en_tn/ecc/03/19.md

is the same fate for them

"is the same for both of them" or "is the same"

The breath is the same for all of them

"All of them breathe the same"

There is no advantage for mankind over the animals

"Mankind is no better off than the animals"

is not everything just a breath?

Here the author speaks of everything being as temporary as if it were a breath of air. The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that everything is temporary. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "Everything is just a breath." or "Everything is as temporary as a breath." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

Everything is going to the same place

This means that all people and all animals die and decay and become part of the soil. AT: "Everything dies and goes to the same place" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

dust

"soil"