English translation of "déplacer pour une démarche" - "Which high-ranking personality [...] could still have the general [...] make a journey to do something that others would consider of secondary importance?"

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44 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:	déplacer pour une démarche
Context:	Quelle haute personnalité du Reich pouvait encore, malgré la gravité des événements, devant l’avance alliée, dans Paris soulevé et investi, déplacer pour une démarche que d’autres jugeraient d’utilité secondaire le général responsable d’une bataille en cours ? Une telle question ne laisse entrevoir qu’une seule réponse.

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44 months ago

Joel wrote:

What high personality of the Reich could still, in spite of the severity of the events, in front of the allied advance, in Paris raised and invested, to move for an approach that others would judge of secondary utility the general responsible for a battle in progress? Such a question suggests only one answer.

My comment:

This is the real translation

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44 months ago

CMD wrote:

Which high-ranking official [...] could entice the general to take a step that

My comment:

cf déplacer [also meaning] = attirer à

44 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

travel or make such a journey which others might consider of secondary importance

44 months ago

martynback wrote:

Which high-ranking personality [...] could still have the general [...] make a journey to do something that others would consider of secondary importance?

My comment:

The idea is that you'd need to be someone of very high rank indeed to get the general (who was busy fighting a battle at the time) to take action on something that many people would consider to be of relatively little importance.

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