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Conges terminology question
47 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
Language pair: |
French > English |
Subject: |
General |
Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
Word or term in question: |
confié à notre amitié et à notre vigilance |
Context: |
Il est certain, maintenant que les projets allemands mis au point au début de la guerre nous sont connus, que le chef-d’œuvre des Van Eyck aurait été saisi, quel que fût le pays où il se serait trouvé. Mais cet acte de brigandage sur notre sol ne pouvait nous laisser indifférents. Attaché par tant de liens à l’âme même de la Belgique, ce polyptyque avait été confié à notre amitié et à notre vigilance. |
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Had been left to our care, trusting our friendship and watchfulness
My comment:
In the French phrase, the word "amitié sounds like an intruder. On confie qch à la garde ou à la vigilance de qn, mais pas à l'amitié, mais plutôt en raison de l'amitié. That's why I opted for this translation.
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47 months ago
Or: "confindent in our...". (In the phrase, the author mixed up "confier à" and "faire confiance à").
47 months ago
Ffion Marianne Moyle
wrote:
CMD is right - entrusted to our loyalty or mutual friendship & oversight or watchful eye
My comment:
As ever various ways of saying this but CMD got it right
47 months ago
CMD
wrote:
had been entrusted to our loyalty and to our watchful eye
Comments by other colleagues on this answer:
47 months ago
martynback
wrote:
had been placed in our benevolent care
My comment:
or "under our benevolent custody"
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