English translation of "en reçut la conﬁdence" - "was informed about it"

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50 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	en reçut la conﬁdence
Context:	Le transfert des œuvres d’art dans les salines d’Aussee s’était effectué quelques mois seulement auparavant. Le secret en avait été bien gardé. Le capitaine américain, Robert K. Posey, en reçut la conﬁdence en même temps que la reddition du major Bunjes qui peu après se suicida.

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50 months ago

Peter Field wrote:

'was made privy to it' or 'let into it'

50 months ago

Peter Field wrote:

The American captain, Robert K. Posey, was confidentially informed about it by the surrendering Major Bunjes, who committed suicide shortly after.

My comment:

The verb"reçut" has two complements, which normally implies that it's major Bunjes who gave the information. The problem is that you can't say "receive the information and the surrender".

50 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

eventually got to know about it

My comment:

I don't think there was any significant CONFIDENTIALITY about it by this time. I reckon a straightforward translation is all that's needed here.

50 months ago

CMD wrote:

R. K. Posey received a note in confidence about it

My comment:

OR ... Posey received a confidential memo about this / this was confided to Posey

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50 months ago

CMD wrote:

ad Posey + "secret-confidence" etc: ... visit his son-in-law, who had been an art scholar before the war. In a remote cottage, the son admitted that he had once worked closely with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and Alfred Rosenberg, leader of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR, the Nazi looting agency tasked by Hitler to assemble works of art for his planned Führermuseum at Linz, Austria). The scholar then proceeded to reveal priceless information that would eventually lead to the discovery of the vast salt mine in Altaussee, Austria in May 1945. The discovery of the Altaussee salt mine was a turning point for the MFAA. ... cf https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/posey-maj-robert-k

50 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

was taken into confidence

My comment:

or as someone else suggested was informed about it

50 months ago

martynback wrote:

was informed about it

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50 months ago

martynback wrote:

Or: It was divulged to the US Captain... "It" being the secret.

50 months ago

martynback wrote:

Sorry: "It" is the transfer of artworks, so my first solution is probably better. It just means that the intelligence about the whereabouts of the art was given to Capt. Posey at the same time Bunjes surrendered.

50 months ago

martynback wrote:

or "was provided with the intelligence"

50 months ago

martynback wrote:

I worked both "provided with the intelligence" and "informed of" into the same sentence. Thank You

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