"Ich werde nicht handeln."
Translation:I will not take action.
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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.
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No, I would translate your sentence with: 'Ich werde damit nicht hadeln.' Have a look at the object 'it' / 'damit'.
That meaning would require more information (deal what?). http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/allemand-anglais/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.
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).
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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.
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I put: I will not take action. It was word perfect to the translation corrected and I was marked wrong.
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.
" 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.