He loves pulling the strings, controlling projects without taking public responsibility.
Il adore tirer les ficelles, contrôler les projets sans assumer publiquement de responsabilités.
The manager was suspected of pulling the strings to ensure promotions.
When you are the one pulling the strings, that is.
But I'm not the one pulling the strings.
He succeeded in business by pulling the strings of influential investors.
Each clue seemed to point toward the mysterious plotter pulling the strings.
Many believe that corporations are pulling the strings in our government.
It's clear that big corporations are pulling the strings in this legislation.
Even in group projects, he enjoyed pulling the strings quietly.
Même dans les projets de groupe, il aimait tirer les ficelles discrètement.
Everyone suspected he was pulling the strings, but no one could prove it.
Tous le soupçonnaient de tirer les ficelles, mais personne ne pouvait le prouver.
We are puppets with big corporations pulling the strings.
This time, he's pulling the strings...
Cette fois, c'est lui qui tire les ficelles...
Person pulling the strings here obviously had access to him.
Celui qui tire les ficelles avait accès à lui.