English translation of "promu au rang de palladium de la Belgique" - "after being elevated to the rank of the "Palladium of Belgium""

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6 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	promu au rang de palladium de la Belgique
Context:	Comment ce retable, de valeur exceptionnelle pour tout le monde, était-il venu chez nous affronter son destin après avoir été promu au rang de palladium de la Belgique entre les deux guerres ? The Mystic Lamb

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6 months ago

martynback wrote:

after being elevated to the rank of the "Palladium of Belgium"

My comment:

Palladium = a sacred object believed to have special powers

The reference is pretty obscure - not many people would get it in French either.

So if I was translating this I would say "having achieved iconic status in Belgium".

An icon similarly being a sacred object that many people believe possesses mystical powers.

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6 months ago

martynback wrote:

However if you think the idea is specifically that the altarpiece was believed to have *protective* powers over the country, I'd keep "palladium". The Palladium was a statue of Pallas. It was believed that protecting the statue also protected the city of Troy.

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