l’arrière-plan administratif du décor - What is the English translation? English translators help general English translators with the translation of l’arrière-plan administratif du décor

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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:	l’arrière-plan administratif du décor
Context:	Pour ajouter à la complexité du scénario ces peintures furent enlevées, non de la zone occupée, mais du territoire où, en principe, les Français croyaient pouvoir jouir en toute liberté de leurs propriétés et de leurs droits… C’est-à-dire hors de toute justiﬁcation plausible découlant d’une juridiction d’armistice. Telles furent les forces en présence et l’arrière-plan administratif du décor. Tout commence, selon la pratique du moment, par un épisode policier.

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2 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

the adminisstrators' thinking regarding the decorations

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2 months ago

martynback wrote:

…what was happening behind the scenes in administrative terms

My comment:

Arrière-plan du décor = envers du décor = what happens behind the scenes

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2 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

I'm not sure the phrase "arrière-plan" refers to things being done behind the scene: the context is more neutral. I prefer CMD's translation (with all due respect).

2 months ago

martynback wrote:

I understand your reasoning, but then what is the point of adding "du décor"? Arrière-plan administratif would have been enough. I think adding "du décor" makes it mirror the expression "l'envers du décor". Also I think the proposed "setting of the scene" is highly ambiguous because "to set the scene" means "camper le décor".

2 months ago

CMD wrote:

the (bureaucratic and) administrative setting of the scene

My comment:

the (official and) administrative context of the scenario

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2 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR "parameters within the administrative framework"

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