English translation of "c’est à nous qu’aboutirait leur travail" - "could the German experts have imagined that what they had been working on would end up in our hands."

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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:	c’est à nous qu’aboutirait leur travail
Context:	Mille quatre cent dix-sept caisses revinrent avant la ﬁn de l’année 1945 au Jeu de Paume dans l’état où elles l’avaient quitté. Les experts allemands auraient-ils pu se douter que c’est à nous qu’aboutirait leur travail ?

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3 months ago

elvis wrote:

Their work would end-up with us.

3 months ago

MatthewHallisy wrote:

Could the German experts have suspected that their work would end up to us??

3 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

that their work would end up with us

My comment:

as ever various ways of translating this this is one of them

3 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

could the German experts have imagined that what they had been working on would end up in our hands.

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3 months ago

martynback wrote:

Would the German experts ever have imagined that their work would ultimately lead to what we are today?

3 months ago

CMD wrote:

could they have imagined that we, we of all people, would bring their doings to a happy end?

My comment:

OR ... that their doings would end up with us, us of all people?

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3 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA wrote:

"that we, of all people, would have brought their dirty work to a happy end ?

3 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA wrote:

Instead of "happy end", what about "fortunate resolution"?

3 months ago

CMD wrote:

[agree with you] aboutir à : syn réussir, i.e. to have a "good" result (for a project), to succeed, to be successful, to obtain a good, auspicious outcome

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