Shocking though it may seem - Tradução em português

Hello guys,

I've been studying a lot these days and as it was likely to happen, a doubt appear.

In a podcast news, I saw a sentence that use the word though in a way that I never saw before.

The hole sentence is "Shocking though it may seem, someone has stolen the medical records of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher and could be offering them for sale to the highest bidder"

The complete report is on http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1406 ... z37DXhNKNe

I try to translate it in google translate, word reference and seek in google, but nothing. So I do need the help of the experts here.