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- "Ich werde nicht handeln."
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I didn't try it but can we say "I won't handle." or "I won't hande it" ?
No, "handle" and "handeln" are false friends (at least I cannot currently think of an example where that would be an appropriate translation).
If you were to say "I'll handle it" that could be translated to "I will take care of it" so it can be a good translation
Yes, "trade" should also be accepted. If it was not, you should report it. http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/allemand-anglais/handeln
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I remember reading somewhere online that 'handeln' could also be used for an English 'to negotiate a price' (in a shop or somewhere).
Have no idea is that anywhere near true.
No, you would use something along the lines of "spielen" ("to play") instead, but not "handeln".
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No, I would translate your sentence with: 'Ich werde damit nicht hadeln.' Have a look at the object 'it' / 'damit'.
Only in the literal sense though. In English, "(to) deal with it" is a set phrase which hasn't got much to do with any business activities, so you cannot translate it using "handeln".
Can anyone clarify this? "I won't deal with it" in English means "I will not sort it out" or "I will not [do whatever needs doing to] it". EG, at work, an unexpected request comes in. You might say "I won't deal with it" to mean that someone else ought to deal with it.
No. In German "to interfere" could be translated by e.g. "eingreifen" or "einschreiten" etc. "Handeln" is "to act", "to deal (in)", "to trade" or something along those lines.
It can mean something like "I will not do anything." since it is a simple statement about the future. If "would" could be used in the same sense in English then your sentence would be ok as well, but as far as I know it can't. (I'm not 100% sure about that though.)
That meaning would require more information (deal what?). http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/allemand-anglais/handeln
Imprecise!
(to) deal = geben, austeilen, ausgeben
I will not deal = Ich werde nicht austeilen.
deal with sth. = beschäftigen mit
I will not deal with it = Ich werde mich nicht damit beschäftigen.
deal != handeln
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Surely, 'I will not act' means exactly the same as 'I will not take action' and yet, it was rejected.
"take action" sounds like lega;lese, n ot the way people talk -- unless they plan to sue.
Because, as far as I know, the English '(to) deal' doesn't quite work like that. I would interpret your sentence to either mean that you will not deal drugs (in German '(mit Drogen) dealen' or 'mit Drogen handeln') or that you won't deal out (playing) cards ('Karten austeilen'). Now, '(to) deal in sth.' can be translated to 'mit etw. handeln', but to my knowledge it needs the preposition, i.e. you might say "I will not deal in anything." as a translation for German "Ich werde mit nichts handeln.", but I don't think that your sentence on its own would be understood in the same way (unless some native speaker wants to correct me).
WHOEVER DOWNVOTED THIS BABY I WILL CORRECT YOUR HORRIBLE ACTION HOW COULD YOU EVER DOWNVOTE THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THIS LITTLE WAIFU CHILD ... k?
Can someone explain the pronounciation of the ending deln. Maybe robot speaks to fast for me. Sounds like handen missing the L
Is I will do nothing acceptable? I mean, Duo mared it wrong, but inwinder what yall think
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Umm, I think it's just too broad translation. Not really incorrect, but not nearly a word to word transcription of what's been written in German.
This recording was especially difficult to decipher in a listening exercise.
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I put: I will not take action. It was word perfect to the translation corrected and I was marked wrong.
I've never heard this phrase used by my German family. "Ich misch mich nicht ein."
How to say "act" in a movie, or theatre?
spielen (same verb as "play")
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/spielen meaning 6a.
Mark Hamill hat im "Krieg der Sterne" den Luke Skywalker gespielt.
As addition, if you consider an actor to be a "Darsteller" use the verb "darstellen".
False friend of English verb 'to handle'. Of course, to take action has the the connotation of 'handle'. Still, 'I will not handle' is not accepted.
As an old trader, I think that "negotiate" or "haggle" is the only translation that makes sense here
" I will not act" must surely be an acceptable translation?
"I will not act" is an accepted translation.
Do you have a screenshot of that sentence being rejected in a translation exercise?
If so, please share it with us -- upload it to a website somewhere (e.g. imgur) and tell us the URL of the image.
Yes, it is wrong. You might translate "(to) behave" to something like "sich benehmen".
Yes, it's wrong. "Handeln" probably means "(to) act" (as in "(to) take action") in this context. It can have other translations in other contexts, but "(to) partake" isn't among them.
Wenn wirst du nicht handeln, werde ich! (If you will not act, I will!) . Does this work?
No. Wenn du nicht handeln wirst, werde ich das tun! could work, though.
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Some conservative English speakers use “you will, he will, they will” but “I shall, we shall” for a simple future meaning. For those people, ich werde might be better translated as “I shall”.
This course, though, uses “will” for the simple future regardless of subject, which is how many native speakers use English nowadays. Thus, we do not consider “shall” better; the default/best translation will have “will” even if the subject is “I” or “we”.
If you wish to use “I shall”, it should generally be accepted as an alternative.
I've been trying to find somewhere to use those lovely old verbs "quibble" and "nitpick". Could this be the place? I won't quibble? I won't nitpick? I won't haggle?
