English translation of "y gagna de revenir à" - "the Coypel was able to return more quickly to the Seligmann collection from which it came."

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45 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:	y gagna de revenir à
Context:	Une statuette de l’école autrichienne du XVe siècle, un des nom- breux SAINT Georges terrASSANT le drAGON, qui avait été acquise par Hofer en 1941, arriva au Louvre en même temps que la Vierge d’Augs bourg et le tableau français. Ce piètre cortège fut amené au directeur des Musées qui voulut bien quand même le prendre en dépôt provisoire. L’échange ne fut jamais conclu. Par contre le Coypel y gagna de revenir plus rapidement à la collection Seligmann dont il provenait.

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45 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

On the other hand the Coypel managed to quickly revert to the Seligmann collection from which it emanated

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45 months ago

CMD wrote:

benefited/profited from the advantage of being more quickly reintegrated into

My comment:

On the other hand, "Coypel" benefited/profited from the advantage of being more quickly reintegrated into the Seligmann collection from which this work came/was taken.

NB: gagner de = obtenir l'avantage de, arriver à ce résultat que

45 months ago

tigkit wrote:

the Coypel was able to return more quickly to the Seligmann collection from which it came.

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