English translation of "étroitement mêlés" - "Yes"

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52 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	étroitement mêlés
Context:	Une note du 8 octobre qui parut au « cahier du jour », sous le numéro 4841, indique ce transfert et déclenche toute une série de faits auxquels les fonctionnaires des Musées de France allaient se trouver étroitement mêlés. Do you think "embroiled" would work in this case? Thanks

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52 months ago

MatthewHallisy wrote:

closely intertwined

52 months ago

Daphne Lawless wrote:

firmly intertwined

52 months ago

CMD wrote:

closely involved / implicated

My comment:

ad "embroiled" : yes, absolutely!
NB: embrouiller (syn.) = mêler

52 months ago

CMD wrote:

were to be closely involved in

My comment:

It all depends on whether the "fonctionnaires des musées de France" had a negative role as suggested by the translation"embroiled" or if their role is positive or neutral.

52 months ago

martynback wrote:

Yes

My comment:

Because embroiled has negative connotations - suggests something they got involved with unwittingly/unwillingly, and that the outcome was not something they’d have wished for

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52 months ago

martynback wrote:

Embroiled in a scandal (negative) Closely involved in a project (neutral)

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