English translation of "pas mécontent de prendre en défaut" - "it didn't bother him that Greeks were so disorganised"

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143 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	pas mécontent de prendre en défaut
Context:	Une heure plus tard, le bus repassa rue Diakou devant l'hôtel d'Etienne sans s'arrêter...
Keywords:	...cette fois. Etienne le nota sans irritation, il avait tout son temps et n'était somme toute pas mécontent de prendre en défaut l'organisation grecque.

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143 months ago

wrote:

not displeased to catch (…) at fault

My comment:

(the Greek organisation)

143 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

not displeased to catch (…) at fault

My comment:

(the Greek organisation)

143 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

it didn't bother him that Greeks were so disorganised

My comment:

many ways of translating this, depending on the style you adopted in previous parts- he was not at all bothered/surprised to find that the Greeks were so disorganised/not up to scratch/standard

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143 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

it didn't bother him that Greeks were so disorganised

My comment:

many ways of translating this, depending on the style you adopted in previous parts- he was not at all bothered/surprised to find that the Greeks were so disorganised/not up to scratch/standard

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143 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training wrote:

not displeased to find Greece somewhat lacking in organisation

My comment:

or find Greece somewhat disorganised
or find Greek organisation wanting
or 'not unhappy to...' / or 'almost pleased to...'
etc.
it all depends what you want the tone/style to be

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