rejaillir

Je pense au contraire que cet hommage officiel s’imposait car il rejaillissait sur les pauvres.
On the contrary, I think this official homage was called for because it had repercussions on the poor.
Charlemagne est né bien trop tôt pour avoir pu jouer aux échecs, mais cette attribution conférait aux pièces un immense prestige politique et symbolique, qui rejaillissait sur l’abbaye détentrice de ce trésor.
Charlemagne was born far too early to have ever played chess but this supposed ownership bestowed upon the set - and the Abbey where it was kept - huge political and symbolic prestige.
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