Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
बहुरंगी जीवन भोगे है
English translation:
To have a chequered career
Added to glossary by
Tushar Deep
May 7, 2015 03:47
9 yrs ago
Hindi term
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बहुरंगी जीवन भोगे है
Hindi to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
This is from a Hindi novel. I understand बहुरंगी जीवन, but wondering how does भोगे है fit in.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | To have a chequered career |
Tushar Deep
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| 4 +5 | Enjoyed all shades of life |
Shri Krishna Sharma
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| 4 | Have led a colourful life |
Balasubramaniam L.
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Change log
May 8, 2015 16:35: Tushar Deep changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2048345">Alok Tiwari's</a> old entry - "बहुरंगी जीवन भोगे है"" to ""To have a chequered career""
Proposed translations
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Tushar Deep
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English
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Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi to English, English, and 17 more.
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To have a chequered career
I someone has a chequered career, then it may be said of him : 'बहुरंगी जीवन भोगे है।'
Chequered is British English.
Chequered is British English.
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Comment: "Thanks"
+5
8 mins
Shri Krishna Sharma
India
India
Native in Hindi
Specializes in field
India
Experienced and quality translator
Native in: Hindi
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi to English
Enjoyed all shades of life
It is like saying that we have lived in various conditions in our life.
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Ramesh Bhatt
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Rajan Chopra
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Nitin Goyal
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Aakash5555
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Lalit Sati
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Balasubramaniam L.
India
India
Native in Hindi
India
Fast, accurate, elegant translation
Native in: Hindi 
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi
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4
Have led a colourful life
Colourful here means intense, vivid, stimulating, lively, varied, etc., which exactly fits the Hindi meaning बहुरंगी.
Here is a case where a literal translation also captures the idiomatic meaning.
I wonder if the English meaning of colourful in this sense, is derived from the Hindi meaning, or vice-versa.
Here is a case where a literal translation also captures the idiomatic meaning.
I wonder if the English meaning of colourful in this sense, is derived from the Hindi meaning, or vice-versa.
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