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It’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success.

Hindi translation: यह एक सौम्य सफलता से एक तेजतर्रार विफलता होना बेहतर है.

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15:55 Sep 2, 2009

English to Hindi translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: It’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success.

How would you translate the above phrase: -
अधूरी सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली
or
हल्की सी सफलता की अपेक्षा रंगीली विफलता
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Kalsi KudoZ activity Questions: 11 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 16
Local time: 01:47

Hindi translation:यह एक सौम्य सफलता से एक तेजतर्रार विफलता होना बेहतर है.

Explanation:
this is the lit. meaning ,but i also agree Kalsi bhai

Selected response from:

romio pradhan
India
Local time: 06:17

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Summary of answers provided

5 +2

यह एक सौम्य सफलता से एक तेजतर्रार विफलता होना बेहतर है.

romio pradhan

4 +1

मरियल-सी सफलता से धमाकेदार असफलता भली।

Lalit Sati

शुरुआती सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली

J Meenakshi

दिखावे की सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली

SUJATA GUPTA

फीके रूप में सफल होने से तेज़तर्रार/कांतिमान रूप में विफल होना उत्तम !

Ramesh Bhatt

Discussion entries: 1

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21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

it’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success.

यह एक सौम्य सफलता से एक तेजतर्रार विफलता होना बेहतर है.

Explanation:
this is the lit. meaning ,but i also agree Kalsi bhai

romio pradhan
India
Local time: 06:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi,

Oriya
PRO pts in category: 4

48 mins confidence:

it’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success. शुरुआती सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली

Explanation:
Your first option looks better in my view.

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Note added at 51 mins (2009-09-02 16:47:05 GMT)
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SORRY team, I misread "benign"......pls read translation as अधूरी सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली

Sorry again!!!!

J Meenakshi
India
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi

2 hrs confidence:

it’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success. फीके रूप में सफल होने से तेज़तर्रार/कांतिमान रूप में विफल होना उत्तम !

Explanation:
This is basically just a slight improvement upon the coinage already produced by Mr. Romio Pradhan. Mr. Romio Pradhan's expression has some linguistic errors that needed mending, and that is why I have given this separate entry.

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

Urdu,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

it’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success. मरियल-सी सफलता से धमाकेदार असफलता भली।

Explanation:
कांतिविहीन सफलता से जाज्वल्यमान असफलता भली।

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

Hindi
PRO pts in category: 12

5 days confidence:

it’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success. दिखावे की सफलता से पूरी असफलता भली

Explanation:
Dikhawe ki safalta se puri asafalta bhali

SUJATA GUPTA
India
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

Hindi,

Bengali

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It’s better to be a flamboyant failure than a benign success.

Hindi translation: यह एक सौम्य सफलता से एक तेजतर्रार विफलता होना बेहतर है.

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