"Ich werde nicht handeln."
Translation:I will not take action.
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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).
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.
Shouldn't "I will not act" be accepted?
What do you mean, "should"? That is accepted.
Do you have a screenshot showing that answer being rejected in a translation exercise? Then share it with us, please -- upload it to a website somewhere (e.g. imgur) and tell us the URL of the image. Thank you!
