それにしては details
Examples
for that — the previous statement is treated as a standard, and what follows overshoots or falls short of it
初めて作ったって言ってたよね。それにしては、うまくできてるじゃん。
hajimete tsukuttatte itteta yo ne. sore ni shite wa, umaku dekiteru jan.
You said this was your first try, right? For a first try, it's come out well. casual
彼はもう十年も日本に住んでいる。それにしては、漢字がなかなか読めない。
kare wa mou juunen mo nihon ni sunde iru. sore ni shite wa, kanji ga nakanaka yomenai.
He's been living in Japan ten years now. For all that, he still struggles to read kanji. neutral
大がかりな宣伝をしたと伺っております。それにしては、来場者が少ないようです。
oogakari na senden o shita to ukagatte orimasu. sore ni shite wa, raijousha ga sukunai you desu.
I understand a large advertising push was made. For that, the turnout seems low. formal
Formation
それにしては、clauseattaches to plain clause
Related patterns
Similar
にしては keeps its yardstick inside the same sentence, on a noun or a clause (初めてにしてはうまい); それにしては moves the yardstick out to the whole sentence before it, so it needs a proposition already stated and cannot open a conversation.
Lookalikes
Four connectives open on それに and what follows decides — bare それに simply adds another point, それに対して either sets the new sentence against the old one or answers it, それにしても grants the old one and asserts anyway, それにしては measures against it and reports a shortfall.
One particle apart, opposite verdicts — それにしては measures what follows against the premise and reports a MISMATCH, それにしても accepts the premise and asserts what holds anyway; read one for the other and the sentence's conclusion inverts.