using his weapons

Hi

I would say :

'by using weapons to achieve his own objectives'

Regards

Hello, Antonia,

I'm not answering your question, but I'd make a slight change to the beginning of your sentence: "The final result is never predetermined; a well-prepared and experienced negociator ..."

Or even, on second reading: "an experienced and well-prepared negociator..."

Thank you Gniagnia and Pieanne.

Gniagnia, can you help me to stress the fact that negotiator uses his

You can say "by using the latter's weapons", or else like you have written, "by using his opponent's weapons". Maybe someone will find a better way...

I agree with Pieanne : using 'latter' sounds good to talk about a previously mentioned thing.

I'd also turn your sentence upside down to make it less convoluted :


'a well-prepared and experienced negociator may use his competitor's weapons to achieve his own goals. Thus he utterly owerpower his opponent'

Hello!

Thank you both for your suggestions. I think I will use latter (I completeley overlooked that possibility).

Final result is never predetermined and well-prepared and experienced negotiator can often overpower his competitor by using his weapons for his own goals.

Maybe:

The final result is never predetermined; a well-prepared and experienced negotiator can often dominate his opponent by preempting the oppon

Thank you davkett.

So you choose dominate over overpower?

Yes, Antonia, in the context of negotiation, I believe I would. It seems to have a little less machismo in it.

Ok, thank you davkett