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Conges terminology question

2 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:	n'en étaient pas moins tout aussi inquiétants
Context:	Entre ces deux temps, l’un et l’autre dominés par les combats qui marquèrent le commencement et la ﬁn des hostilités, il fallut faire face à d’autres dangers qui n’avaient pas été prévus. Ils n’en étaient pas moins tout aussi inquiétants pour le sort des dépôts et celui des collections nationales, car ils découlaient de conceptions très particulières qu’avaient certains chefs hitlériens désireux de servir, à leur manière, la plus grande Allemagne. I know what the phrase means but just want to know the best way to word it in English.

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2 months ago

English -French - English wrote:

They were no less equally worrying for the fate

My comment:

Between these two periods, both dominated by the fighting that marked the beginning and end of hostilities, other dangers had to be faced that had not been foreseen.

They were no less equally worrying for the fate of the repositories and that of the national collections, for they stemmed from very particular conceptions of certain Hitlerite leaders wishing to serve, in their own way, the greater Germany.

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2 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

Wow! That's more than giving a (small) hand. I think it's possible to put "nonetheless" instead of "no less". Can we use "fate" for objects? An alternative is yo use "prospect".

2 months ago

tigkit wrote:

were no less disturbing

My comment:

Hi, it is hard to know 100% as the context is missing but the above is how I would translate it
Best wishes,
Colin

My references:

Ny knowledge of the language.

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2 months ago

martynback wrote:

This did not mean that they were of any less concern

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2 months ago

CMD wrote:

same ominous portents regarding

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2 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

they were not in the slightest way any less disconcerting

My comment:

I chose "disconcerting" as the author is referring to inanimate objects as opposed to persons, like Hitler.

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2 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA wrote:

I think your rendition comes closest to the actual meaning, but I think I would opt for "they did not, in the slightest way, produce any less anxiety".

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