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L’alcool ne lui fait pas

anglais translation: He can\'t take/handle alcohol - He can't hold his drink

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Terme ou expression en français :L’alcool ne lui fait pas
Traduction en anglais :He can\'t take/handle alcohol - He can't hold his drink
Entrée par  : Rachel Fell

10:32 Feb 21, 2018
traduction français vers anglais [Général]
Medical - Psychologie
Terme ou expression en français : L’alcool ne lui fait pas
I'm translating a psychiatric report about a patient who drank too much alcohol one night. I'm stuck on the phase "L’alcool ne lui fait pas". I know that literally it means "alcohol didn't do him" but I can see that that makes no sense.

Here's the context:
Monsieur [...] reconnaît que sa consommation d’alcool dépasse ce qu’il consomme habituellement. Il me dira que : « L’alcool ne lui fait pas et il reconnaît en avoir trop pris cette journée-là ».

My translation so far:
He admits that he drank more than he usual. He says, "alcohol ??? and I recognise that I drank too much that day".

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Paul Jones
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 18:10
He can't take/handle alcohol
Explication :
or He can't handle alcohol -That's how I would expect to hear it - i.e. it doesn't agree with him, he doesn't have the stomach for it, can't tolerate it

Why can’t Asians take alcohol like Europeans do?
7 Answers
Pepper Chen
Pepper Chen, Chinese-American
Answered May 29, 2017 · Author has 913 answers and 553k answer views
(Ah yes the Asian race. The singular Asian race.)

Look, some Asians can’t “take alcohol” like white people. But there are Asians who can handle it just fine (e.g. both of my parents and most of my extended family). It just so happens that a majority of people living in/hailing from some parts of Asia—not all parts, and not all people in certain parts—have an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) deficiency. This enzyme breaks down acetaldehyde, a toxic metabolic byproduct of ethanol. Some East Asians can’t handle alcohol very well because the allele variant they got for the ALDH gene results in an enzyme deficiency. They can’t break down acetaldehyde fast enough, so it builds up faster in their blood when they drink.
https://www.quora.com/Why-can’t-Asians-take-alcohol-like-Eur...

Why can't my stomach take alcohol anymore? | Yahoo Answers
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121231220755A...
31 Dec 2012 - I am a college student. I don't drink often, but am a social drinker. Occasionally I will drink. As a freshman, I was fine. I could take shots and have a good time. However, I haven't drank as much as a sophomore. But for some reason, my stomach can't take alcohol anymore. If I do one shot, I feel like throwing ...
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Rachel Fell
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 18:10
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Résumé des réponses proposées
5 +5Alcohol doesn't suit him
Rowena Fuller (X)
4 +5He can't take/handle alcohol
Rachel Fell
4alcohol doesn't agree with him
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 -1alcohol hits him hard
Josephine Cassar


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8 minutes   confiance : Answerer confidence 5/5 approbation des pairs (net) : +5
Alcohol doesn't suit him


Explication :
Or doesn't agree with him, basically 'I know that I shouldn't but I did anyway' - better to use 'admits' rather than 'recognises'

Rowena Fuller (X)
France
Local time: 19:10
Langue maternelle : anglais

Commentaires des pairs sur cette réponse (et réponses des répondeurs)
Accord  Tony M: "doesn't agree with him" — cf usage "il va s'y faire"
22 minutes
Accord  Daryo
34 minutes
Accord  Jennifer White
1 heure
Accord  katsy: this seems quite plausible - cf. 'ça ne le fait pas' - it won't do, it won't fit the bill.
1 heure
Accord  Verginia Ophof
1 heure
Neutre  B D Finch: Yes for "doesn't agree with him", but not "doesn't suit him".
4 heures
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11 minutes   confiance : Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 approbation des pairs (net) : -1
alcohol hits him hard


Explication :
It just doesn't suit him. An example: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/booming/why-cant-i-hold-my...

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Note added at 12 mins (2018-02-21 10:45:16 GMT)
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than he usually does

Josephine Cassar
Malte
Local time: 19:10
Langue maternelle : anglais, maltais

Commentaires des pairs sur cette réponse (et réponses des répondeurs)
Neutre  Tony M: Not really appropriate language for this sort of register, and to some extent over-translation.
19 minutes
  -> Agree-missed 'psychiatric report'-you're correct
Désaccord  B D Finch: Over-translation and inappropriate register.
4 heures
  -> see previous answer to Tony M though we do not exactly know who is talking to/about the man who had drunk-might be the psychiatrist, the police, it might be a discussion about the case, etc.
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2 heures   confiance : Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 approbation des pairs (net) : +5
He can't take/handle alcohol


Explication :
or He can't handle alcohol -That's how I would expect to hear it - i.e. it doesn't agree with him, he doesn't have the stomach for it, can't tolerate it

Why can’t Asians take alcohol like Europeans do?
7 Answers
Pepper Chen
Pepper Chen, Chinese-American
Answered May 29, 2017 · Author has 913 answers and 553k answer views
(Ah yes the Asian race. The singular Asian race.)

Look, some Asians can’t “take alcohol” like white people. But there are Asians who can handle it just fine (e.g. both of my parents and most of my extended family). It just so happens that a majority of people living in/hailing from some parts of Asia—not all parts, and not all people in certain parts—have an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) deficiency. This enzyme breaks down acetaldehyde, a toxic metabolic byproduct of ethanol. Some East Asians can’t handle alcohol very well because the allele variant they got for the ALDH gene results in an enzyme deficiency. They can’t break down acetaldehyde fast enough, so it builds up faster in their blood when they drink.
https://www.quora.com/Why-can’t-Asians-take-alcohol-like-Eur...

Why can't my stomach take alcohol anymore? | Yahoo Answers
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121231220755A...
31 Dec 2012 - I am a college student. I don't drink often, but am a social drinker. Occasionally I will drink. As a freshman, I was fine. I could take shots and have a good time. However, I haven't drank as much as a sophomore. But for some reason, my stomach can't take alcohol anymore. If I do one shot, I feel like throwing ...


Rachel Fell
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 18:10
Langue maternelle : anglais
Points PRO dans la catégorie : 4
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Commentaires des pairs sur cette réponse (et réponses des répondeurs)
Accord  writeaway
27 minutes
  -> Thank you writeaway :-)
Accord  B D Finch: More idiomatic, but still an appropriate register.
1 heure
  -> Thank you BD :-)
Accord  Michele Fauble: Also "He can't hold his liquor/alcohol/drink".
2 heures
  -> Yes, that too, thank you Michele :-)
Accord  katsy
3 heures
  -> Thank you Katsy :-)
Accord  Carol Gullidge: Yes, and also like Michele's suggestion: "... can't hold his liquor
3 heures
  -> Yes, thank you Carol :-)
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3 heures   confiance : Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
alcohol doesn't agree with him


Explication :
Another possibility.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
États-Unis
Local time: 13:10
Spécialisé dans le domaine
Langue maternelle : anglais
Points PRO dans la catégorie : 16
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