traité comme tel

treated as such

→ traiter
phrase Rare #37,046
treated as such Refers back to a previously mentioned role, status, or category. The phrase agrees in gender and number with the thing being referred to, so it can also appear as traitée comme telle, traités comme tels, etc.
FR: Il est directeur et devrait être traité comme tel.
EN: He is a director and should be treated as such.

Si tu agis comme un idiot, tu dois être traité comme tel.

If you act like an idiot, you should be treated like one.

Si tu agis comme un enfant, tu seras traité comme tel.

If you act like a child, you will be treated like one.

Il est directeur et devrait être traité comme tel.

He is a director and should be treated as such.

Il était ingénieur et était traité comme tel.

He was an engineer and was treated as such.