English translation of "maquignonnage d’œuvres d’art" - "art swindles"

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3 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:	maquignonnage d’œuvres d’art
Context:	Que le second personnage du Reich soit intervenu personnel- lement dans ce maquignonnage d’œuvres d’art à un moment où le sort de son pays se jouait sur les champs de bataille de l’Est peut sembler étonnant. Toutes les questions touchant à l’art et à l’argent lui étaient soumises et il prit jusqu’à la ﬁn le temps de les étudier lui-même. Aucune n’était résolue sans son approbation. De plus il aimait à marchander et à obtenir les meilleurs prix, ce qui ajoutait à son plaisir, mais retardait parfois sa décision.

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3 months ago

martynback wrote:

art swindles

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3 months ago

martynback wrote:

you could also use the term "horse-trading" whose figurative meaning is very close to "maquignonnage"

2 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA wrote:

Yes, I found out a few days ago that I can use the term "horse-trading" in this case.

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3 months ago

CMD wrote:

skulduggery of artworks

My comment:

OR ... in these sly/wicked/nasty scams of artworks

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3 months ago

CMD wrote:

maquignonnage = (au sens figuré) manoeuvres frauduleuses, indélicates = magouille (familier) (cf Dict. RP) , i.e. (fig./coll.) scam, trickery

3 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR ... involved in the dealing and wheeling of artworks / involved in these sorts of shenanigans ...

2 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA wrote:

Yes, I think that "wheeling and dealing of artworks" might work well, too.

3 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

That sharp practice concerning works of art by the second figure of the Reich

My comment:

A horse-dealer or cattle-dealer (maquignon in French) did not always use honest methods for bargaining, hence the word "maquignonnage" which has a derogatory meaning.

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