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Conges terminology question
6 months ago
Barbara R. Cochran, MFA 
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Language pair: |
French > English |
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Business / Marketing / Financial |
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Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
se livrait à des taxations |
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Context: |
Pour assurer l’apparence d’honnêteté commerciale, à laquelle le Reichsmarschall tenait essentiellement, l’expert français, commis à cet usage, se livrait à des taxations dont l’incohérence n’était égalée que par leur flagornerie envers l’occupant. Les Deux Tahitiennes de Gauguin3 qui figurèrent à maintes expositions parisiennes furent évaluées 30 000 francs4. Une occasion à faire rêver tous les collectionneurs. |
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6 months ago
CMD
wrote:
engaged in appraisals
subjected itself to taxations or taxes
My comment:
or rendered itself to taxes
Comments by other colleagues on this answer:
6 months ago
martynback
wrote:
The subject of the sentence is "l'expert français" and "se livrer à" means to do or perform something.
6 months ago
martynback
wrote:
came up with valuations
My comment:
ie he vastly undervalued the artworks in order to suck up to the Germans (who could thus purchase them more easily)
Comments by other colleagues on this answer:
6 months ago
martynback
wrote:
The sentence about the Gauguin is an illustration of the ridiculously low value he placed on the artworks.
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