Glossary entry (derived from question below)
anglais term or phrase:
He was a dedicated FBI agent
français translation:
c'était un agent du FBI dévoué
anglais term
He was a dedicated FBI agent
Je cherche à rendre cette phrase en français. Le contexte : un supérieur de la police parle d'un homme (membre du congrès, ancien agent du FBI qui en son temps s'était illustré en procédant à l'arrestation d'un dangereux criminel) qui vient d'être assassiné et explique à ses hommes, chargés de l'enquête, qu'ils marchent sur des oeufs et qu'il ne va pas falloir faire de vagues car "En plus d'être membre du congrès, dit-il, he was a dedicated FBI agent."
C'est cette dernière partie de la phrase que je ne vois pas bien comment rendre. Je ne pense pas que "dedicated" ait le sens de "dévoué" ou de "zélé" ici. J'ai l'impression qu'il veut dire qu'il a marqué les mémoires en tant qu'agent du FBI mais je ne suis pas bien sûre. Merci d'avance pour vos idées !
| 4 +14 | c'était un agent du FBI dévoué |
Jean-Claude Gouin
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| 4 +2 | C'était un agent du FBI très investi |
emiledgar
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| 4 | c'était un agent du FBI très consciencieux |
Christian Fournier
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| 3 -1 | Général |
Raoul Meyer
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Mar 29, 2014 14:44: mchd changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Apr 12, 2014 04:52: Jean-Claude Gouin Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, Bertrand Leduc, mchd
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Proposed translations
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Native in: français 
Works in: français vers anglais, anglais vers français, français, and 1 more.
c'était un agent du FBI dévoué
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emiledgar
: "dévoué" is more "loyal or well-intentioned" "investi" is "dedicated"// No problem, the point of this forum is to help people make the right decisions, regardless of how many may agree with the less correct choice. I would be remiss to not point it out.
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Merci, Émile, d'avoir pris le temps de souligner votre désaccord avec moi et tous les autres ...
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Native in: français
Works in: allemand vers français, anglais vers français
Général
Etant donné le contexte, je me demande s'il ne s'agirait pas d'un agent spécialisé, mais il faudrait vérifier si ça colle avec le reste du texte.
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Tony M
: It would be unusual to use 'dedicated' in that sense in EN without further specifying 'to what'; in any case, the answer you have entered 'Général' is rather confusing!
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AllegroTrans
: Not merely unusual, but wrong I am afraid
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Native in: français 
Works in: anglais vers français, allemand vers français
Discussion
I do agree about appalling translations in movies; have seen some quite ghastly examples, including some actual contre-sens. I was flabbergasted the other day to see on TWO US series the use of 'lentilles' in the context of Panaflex® lenses, which AFAIK have always been and will always been 'objectifs'!
Je cherche, sans trouver, cependant : irréductible ? jusqu'au bout des doigts ? acharné ? fidèle ? loyal ? inébranlable ?
It could only really mean 'dedicated' in the sense of 'intended for a certain purpose' if there was something immediately preceding it to explain to what he was dedicated — which is not the case here.
I don't see any logic at all in your alternative suggestion of "...qu'il a marqué les mémoires en tant qu'agent du FBI" — I can see no linguistic justification in the source text for this interpretation.
To answer your additional question — not really; it's true, it might be hard to be an excellent agent if one was not dedicated to the job; but on the other hand, one might be dedicated, hard-working, loyal — but absolutely hopeless at the job!