"Anna est allée voir le médecin pour sa cheville."

Translation: Anna went to see the doctor for her ankle.

[qwUL3]

I think most English speakers would not say "for" her ankle. "About" her ankle would be more natural here and I think it should be accepted.

[Roland655103]

One would say "about" rather than "for" in English.

[geoff8407]

Absolutely agree.

[BYiF0K7Y]

what was Anna doing, collecting her ankle from the doctor? If she wanted medical help, she would see the doctor ABOUT her ankle

[Graham622842]

Come on, Duo! You want us to translate into French and use the correct idiom, so PLEASE use the correct idiom in back translation!
"... about her ankle."

[danabanov]

It's far more usual to say "about" her ankle. "For" her ankle is unnatural.

[Noreen637933]

"Anna went to see the doctor about her ankle" is also correct! But Duo won't accept it. Too restrictive altogether.

[--Roody--]

Maybe some of you could report it. I can't report it because I typed "for her ankle".

[Penguinair]

(I) Love a good smart-aleck remark :-)

I screwed up...I wrote "for her ankle" using the literal translation and then switched it to "about her ankle" because I just KNEW that Duolingo would convert it to the more natural English translation...silly me...

On the bright side, I was given the opportunity to report it...

[b_adger]

You should have reported "for her ankle" as "My answer is not correct"

[DOette]

Isn't it clear that it is Anna's ankle so la cheville would be appropriate here?

[Jojo553168]

No, pour la cheville would be strange here. It works mostly when you are doing something to yourself (with a reflexive verb) like se casser la jambe or se laver les cheveux.

[c5nest]

"Anna went to see the doctor about her ankle." still not accepted! Reported 6/18/21

[Penny116106]

Still no movement from Duo re 'about!

[TimmyKilminster]

I am told - having made the suggestion - that DL now accepts "Anna went to see the doctor about her ankle".

[Ros80449]

For her ankle is just a direct translation- we would say about

[Alice54_Maree3.]

Could somebody please explain when to use docteur and when to use médecin.I always seem to get the wrong one Thank you

[b_adger]

"médecin" means physician (a medical doctor), whereas "docteur" is the title for someone with a doctorate, and is used a more general term.

So you can use the title docteur when addressing "un médecin" or someone with a PhD.

[Margaretva679879]

So many posts about this. When will admin respond!!

[TimmyKilminster]

You need to report things for DL to take action. These threads are just discussions.

[TauanTinti]

Duolingo's broken English strikes again (and again and again).