English translation of "réunis tout au cours de sa vie par feu" - "collected throughout his life by the deceased Adolphe Schloss"

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44 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	réunis tout au cours de sa vie par feu
Context:	L’importance de ces 300 tableaux de maîtres hollandais et ﬂamands du XVIIe siècle, réunis tout au cours de sa vie par feu Adolphe Schloss, donne à cette affaire un relief exceptionnela.

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44 months ago

martynback wrote:

Collected by the late A.S. throughout his life

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44 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

Thank you for this correction Martyn

44 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

greatly influenced during the course of its life by the highly influential Adolphe Schloss

My comment:

or 'by the fire of Adolphe Schloss' or by Adolphe Schloss' fiery reputation or greatly influenced during the course of its life by Adolphe Schloss' fiery reputation

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44 months ago

martynback wrote:

“Feu” means “late” here - as in “dead”

44 months ago

CMD wrote:

collected throughout his life by the deceased Adolphe Schloss

My comment:

OR ...collected by the late Adolphe Schloss during his lifetime

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44 months ago

CMD wrote:

here: as adjective from Latin (fatutus = accompli son destin/fulfilled his destiny) = qui est mort ; synonym of "défunt, décédé, mort" : = who died, syn. defunct, deceased, dead etc [ jur., adm., lit. usage]

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