English translation of "le musée dont il avait fait son propre décor" - "the museum that he had created in his own home."

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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:	le musée dont il avait fait son propre décor
Context:	Était-ce pour les amener à Canossa qu’il demanda aux chefs des deux principaux départements de Peinture et de Sculpture d’être ses hôtes à Carinhall ? Le prétexte était de choisir des œuvres d’art allemandes des- tinées aux compensations. Peut-être le Reichsmarschall n’avait-il que l’arrière-pensée de s’en faire des obligés par cette invitation et de se les concilier pour plus tard, autre moyen d’arriver à ses ﬁns. D’autre part, comment ne pas imaginer avec quelle orgueilleuse satisfaction il eût ouvert, à ces connaisseurs venus du Louvre, le musée dont il avait fait son propre décor ! I think it means something like "from which he accumulated his personal collection ( works of art)". But I was wondering if anyone can think of something a bit more colorful. Thanks

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6 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

His museum-like home decoration.

6 months ago

CMD wrote:

the museum he had made his own showpiece

My comment:

OR ...that he made his own showcase object/flagship object/his own jewel

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6 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR ... the museum he showcased as his own masterpiece.

6 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR ... museum that served him as a own adornment

6 months ago

CMD wrote:

Sorry for misprint: .. museum that served him as (an) own adornment

6 months ago

martynback wrote:

the museum that he had created in his own home.

My comment:

Goering hung his collection at Carinhall (one of his residences), making it into a "museum" of his own.

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6 months ago

martynback wrote:

The idea is that his "museum" is being compared to a "décor" - i.e. as others hang cheap prints when decorating their homes, he hung museum masterpieces.

6 months ago

martynback wrote:

Or if you want something closer to the original image: "the museum that formed the décor of his own residence"

6 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

No, as you can see in the other translations, he has not created a museum in his own home: it is the museum which has become his home.

6 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

Sorry about my comment: I consulted Wikipedia and I learnt that Carinhall was one of the private dwellings of Hermann Göring. It had become the destination of Göring's private collection composed of all the Gothic and Renaissance works of art coming from the museums pillaged throughout Europe. So he had turned his home into a museum.

6 months ago

martynback wrote:

Yes exactly - he made his residence into his own personal museum - hence my translation

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