to handle or deal with a situation

French translation: gérer

08:01 Nov 11, 2001

English to French translations [PRO]

English term or phrase: to handle or deal with a situation

Is there a general term for this in French no matter what the situation? Example: "Handling his sister's handicap while growing up was difficult, but he dealt with it well."

Mimi7 KudoZ activity Questions: 739 (2 open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 10
Local time: 12:08

French translation:gérer

Explanation:
"gérer" is a very general term.
"Il n'arrive pas à gérer la situation."
If the situation is difficult, you could say "faire face à la situation."

Selected response from:

DPolice
Local time: 20:08

Grading comment

Thank you very much. Both expressions helped.
(so did "s'occuper", but...gotta choose one!):)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

affronter

Emanuela Damiani

gérer

DPolice

s'occuper de...

Yannick MARCHEGAY

faire face

Tzumpy (X)

Answers

11 mins confidence:

gérer

Explanation:
"gérer" is a very general term.
"Il n'arrive pas à gérer la situation."
If the situation is difficult, you could say "faire face à la situation."

DPolice
Local time: 20:08
PRO pts in pair: 779

Grading comment

Thank you very much. Both expressions helped.
(so did "s'occuper", but...gotta choose one!):)

13 mins confidence:

s'occuper de...

Explanation:
I think that the French verb "s'occuper de" is a rather good translation. For you example: "Ca lui a été difficile de s'occuper de sa soeur handicapée (plus que du handicap de sa soeur) mais il s'en est bien sorti".

Yannick MARCHEGAY
France
Local time: 20:08

16 mins confidence:

faire face

Explanation:
It is very difficult to find a "general term"... For me there is a difference between to handle and to deal with. "Faire face a une situation", that's what I would use in this context. I hope it helps.

Tzumpy (X)

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

affronter

Explanation:
"Affronter" is the word in thatcontext because the subject has to do with something difficult that needs some sort of courage or patience to overcome.

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Emanuela Damiani
Italy
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in pair: 25

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