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Hobson’s choice

Hindi translation: हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन

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English term or phrase:	Hobson’s choice
Hindi translation:	हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन
Entered by:	Suyash Suprabh

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08:34 Oct 3, 2008

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English term or phrase: Hobson’s choice

marketers have faced a Hobson’s choice

subodh_jangid KudoZ activity Questions: 32 (1 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 78 India
Local time: 06:17

हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन

Explanation:
हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन - इनमें से किसी एक का प्रयोग किया जा सकता है।

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Note added at 18 मिनट (2008-10-03 08:53:13 GMT)
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कोष्ठक में अर्थ को स्पष्ट करते हुए "विकल्पहीन स्थिति" का प्रयोग किया जा सकता है।

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Note added at 27 मिनट (2008-10-03 09:01:57 GMT)
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"सीमित विकल्पों" seems to be a good option. However, the lexical meaning of the given term is different.

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Note added at 33 मिनट (2008-10-03 09:08:24 GMT)
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Sometimes the lexical meaning of a particular term does not convey the correct meaning in a given context. You will have to follow a pragmatic approach and select the best option by observing the context.

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Note added at 48 मिनट (2008-10-03 09:23:01 GMT)
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विक्रेताओं के पास हॉब्सन विकल्प बचा है, या दूसरे शब्दों में, वे दोनों में से एक विकल्प चुनने के लिए बाध्य हैं।

Selected response from:

Suyash Suprabh
India
Local time: 06:17

Grading comment

Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

विकल्पहीनता, निर्विकल्पता, विवशता, बेकसी, लाचारी, बेचारगी

cmrawal

4 +1

एकमात्र विकल्प

Lalit Sati

हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन

Suyash Suprabh

मुक्त वरणाधिकार (या मुक्त चयन)

Vimal Panchal

मजबूरी

Seema Ugrankar

भागते चोर की लँगोटी

Ramesh Bhatt

Answers

24 mins confidence:

hobson’s choice मुक्त वरणाधिकार (या मुक्त चयन)

Explanation:
marketers have faced a Hobson’s choice -> विक्रेताओं ने मुक्त वरणाधिकार (या मुक्त चयन) का सामना किया हैं।

Reference for "hobson’s choice": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice

Vimal Panchal
India
Local time: 06:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Gujarati
PRO pts in category: 8
1 corroborated select project
in this pair and field

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks vimal

9 mins confidence:

hobson’s choice मजबूरी

Explanation:
Hobson's choice means - no choice at all

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-10-03 08:51:11 GMT)
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More precisely it is a choice between accepting what is offered or having nothing at all (Reference: Book of Common Phrases - Webster's Reference Library)

विक्रेताओं ने मजबूरी का सामना किया है

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Note added at 34 mins (2008-10-03 09:09:09 GMT)
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This could be a better choice:
विक्रेताओं ने चयन के अभाव का सामना किया है

Seema Ugrankar
India
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Gujarati,

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks seema

9 mins confidence:

hobson’s choice

हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन

Suyash Suprabh
India
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks

Notes to answerer

Asker: What about सीमित विकल्पों. There are two options given in the context.

Asker: Thanks Suyash

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hobson’s choice एकमात्र विकल्प

Explanation:
संदर्भ : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice

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Note added at 25 mins (2008-10-03 08:59:55 GMT)
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एक और संदर्भ : http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/183300.html
हिन्दी में जैसे कहा जाता है कि "उसके पास तो कोई और चारा ही नहीं था"
विक्रेताओं के सामने यही एकमात्र विकल्प है। या विक्रेताओं की सामने विकल्पहीनता की स्थिति बन गयी है।

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कुछ स्थानों पर इसका प्रयोग चयन की दुविधाजनक स्थिति के तौर पर भी देखने को मिलता है।

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Note added at 55 mins (2008-10-03 09:30:19 GMT)
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मौज़ूदा सन्दर्भ में हो सकता है कि dilemma के रूप में इसका प्रयोग हुआ हो।

Lalit Sati
India
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: There are two options given in the context.

Asker: Thanks Lalit

1 day6 hrs confidence:

hobson’s choice भागते चोर की लँगोटी

Explanation:
hobson’s choice means either accepting what is offered or nothing

Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Urdu,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

43 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

hobson’s choice विकल्पहीनता, निर्विकल्पता, विवशता, बेकसी, लाचारी, बेचारगी

Explanation:
It means lack of choice and you may make a choice to select any of the available options.

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Hobson's choice
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Hobson's choice (disambiguation).
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not taking it, colloquially formulated as "take it or leave it." The phrase "Hobson's choice" is said to originate from Thomas Hobson (1544–1630), a livery stable owner at Cambridge, England who, in order to rotate the use of his horses, offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door or taking none at all.

Hobson's choice is different from:

a true choice between two (or more) options,
blackmail (Have something rendered a way you do not want),
extortion (do something or suffer unpleasant consequences of some other sort),
a Catch-22 or Morton's Fork situation (all choices yield equivalent, often undesirable results).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice

cmrawal
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 11

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you sir.

Asker: Dear sir, Thanks a LOT for the help and clarification.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Ramesh Bhatt

1 day5 hrs

-> धन्यवाद, रमेश जी !

agree

Balasubramaniam L.: हिंदी में एक मुहावरा है - कुंए और खाई के बीच चुनना, जो यहां उपयुक्त लगता है। वैसे लाचारी शब्द भी मुझे पसंद है।

3 days8 hrs

-> धन्यवाद, बालासुब्रमणियम जी! सच तो यह है कि यहाँ चुनने के लिए कुछ है ही नही, इसलिए मेरे विचार से विकल्पहीनता से अच्छा कोई विकल्प हो ही नहीं सकता। यह लाचारी 'लो या छोड़ो' की स्थिति की द्योतक है।

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Hindi translation: हॉब्सन च्वाइस, हॉब्सन विकल्प, हॉब्सन चयन

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