not so much as a word?怎么翻译好

not
so
much
as意思是"与其说是....倒不如说是.....",这个在朱泰麒考研英语资料中有介绍的.
比如
He
is
not
so
much
a
teacher
as
a
businessman.
与其说他是个教师,倒不如说他是个商人.
此句为“不如说是一句话”word此处表“话”的意思。