可以变换为如下说法：
If the situation is looked at in his way,the situation doesn't seem so desperate.
假如以他的方式看,境况似乎没那么令人绝望!
如果去掉连词if,由于后句主谓宾完整,鉴于一句话只能有一个谓语动词（从句除外）,前句必须采用非谓语形式.非谓语形式则将主语、谓语一起去掉,所以去掉If the situation is后,则为looked at in his way.