doit être cadrée

English translation: Needs help staying with the topic

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French term or phrase:doit être cadrée
English translation:Needs help staying with the topic
Entered by: Paul Jones

14:23 Jun 1, 2018
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Psychology
French term or phrase: doit être cadrée
I'm translating a psychiatric assessment and I'm having trouble with the phrase "doit être cadrée".

Here's the context: "Elle collabore très bien à l'entrevue, elle hésite toutefois à parler de sa problématique actuelle et doit être cadrée à ce niveau."

Here's my translation: "She collaborated very well in the interview, but she was reluctant to talk about her current problem and [?]."

From the context I feel like it means "she had to be encouraged to talk", but that doesn't fit with any of the possible meanings of the French word "cadrée". From the dictionaries I've consulted, cadrée means framed, aligned, and boundered.
Paul Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
Needs help staying with the topic
Explanation:
Or “staying on track/ with the subject”. I think it means she wanders off onto other subjects and avoids this sensitive subject.
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Helene Tammik
Local time: 05:41
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4 +5Needs help staying with the topic
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Needs help staying with the topic


Explanation:
Or “staying on track/ with the subject”. I think it means she wanders off onto other subjects and avoids this sensitive subject.

Helene Tammik
Local time: 05:41
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Asker: Thanks Helene, that makes sense. I imagine that "cadrée" means something like the conversation has to have a framework or else she goes off topic.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  katsy
14 mins
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agree  philgoddard: Good idea.
1 hr
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agree  erwan-l
16 hrs
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agree  Victoria Britten
1 day 6 hrs
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Yes. The interviewee needs a hand to stay on track. It is not about the conversation having to have a framework. It means the interviewer has to bring her back on track.
2 days 3 hrs
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