Vertaling van "from behind his thick-lensed spectacles " (Engels → Frans) :

Peering out from behind his thick-lensed spectacles, Bryce brought enormous intelligence and energy to his work, and his duty encompassed almost every aspect of government finance.
Le regard perçant à travers ses verres épais, M. Bryce accomplissait son travail avec beaucoup d'intelligence et d'énergie, et ses fonctions touchaient presque tous les aspects des finances gouvernementales [.]

I am sure that he would have been smiling from behind the lenses of his glasses if he had known the controversy and the Europeanist revision that his absence is causing.
Je suis sûre qu’il aurait souri, derrière ses lunettes, s’il avait su quelle polémique et quelle révision européaniste son absence provoque.