Using encrypted external drive

I'm moving from Windows7 to a MacBook Pro. All of my music, etc., has been stored on an external hard drive that my company forced me to encrypt using Microsoft BitLocker. When I attach the drive to the Mac, I get the message that the drive is not readable. I've been unsuccessful in decrypting the drive. (I think I may need administrative rights to do that.) Is there any solution to my current situation ... before I return to an office next week? I definitely don't want to erase the contents of the drive.

Bitlocker is proprietary Microsoft technology and it is only available for Windows. In order to access the drive, you need to unencrypted it with Windows using the correct key. Alternatively, if you do not have privilege enough to unencrypted the drive but can read it, you could read all your files off the drive to another location, such as another unencrypted external disk. All this requires a version of Windows with BitLocker installed and the corrected cryptographic key.

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