Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
"Keep hands free while driving."
English translation:
वाहन चलाते समय हाथों में कुछ और न लें/वाहन चलाते समय हाथों को खाली रखें
Added to glossary by
Rajesh Srivastava
Jan 17, 2008 01:18
16 yrs ago
Hindi term
India
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Native in: Sanskrit 
, Marathi
Works in: English to Marathi, Marathi to English, Sanskrit to English, and 7 more.
"Keep hands free while driving."
Hindi to English
Tech/Engineering
Telecom(munications)
Mobile
Caution about not using mobile phone while driving. Here translation is not expected but the construction of sentence while translating since a big mobile company was expecting a different translation while translating the abovesaid sentence.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +7 | वाहन चलाते समय हाथों में कुछ और न लें/वाहन चलाते समय हाथों को खाली रखें |
Rajesh Srivastava
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| 5 | ड्राइव करते बक्त हाथ को खाली रखें/ |
keshab
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Change log
Jan 18, 2008 15:01: keshab changed "Language pair" from "English to Hindi" to "Hindi to English"
Feb 19, 2008 15:41: Rajesh Srivastava Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Rajesh Srivastava
India
India
Native in Hindi
India
Accurate and Affordable
Native in: Hindi
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi to English
Related KudoZ points
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वाहन चलाते समय हाथों में कुछ और न लें/वाहन चलाते समय हाथों को खाली रखें
Meaning of the sentence is very clear in itself.
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Note added at 2 days8 hrs (2008-01-19 09:24:48 GMT)
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You can use वाहन चलाने के लिए हाथों को खाली रखें but I am still of the view that the sentence वाहन चलाते समय हाथों को खाली रखें conveys the meaning much better.
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Note added at 2 days8 hrs (2008-01-19 09:24:48 GMT)
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You can use वाहन चलाने के लिए हाथों को खाली रखें but I am still of the view that the sentence वाहन चलाते समय हाथों को खाली रखें conveys the meaning much better.
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Pundora
3 hrs
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Thanks a lot.
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chandan mishra
: your first option is very correct
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Thanks
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sonia meher
5 hrs
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धन्यवाद
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Ruchi Agarwal
7 hrs
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शुक्रिया रूचि जी
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chaman4723
8 hrs
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शुक्रिया चमन जी
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Shruti Nagar
1 day 8 hrs
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धन्यवाद
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satish krishna itikela
1 day 8 hrs
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धन्यवाद
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "My query was a bit different. But still thank you."
1 hr
ड्राइव करते बक्त हाथ को खाली रखें/
This is another alternative.
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2008-01-18 15:01:25 GMT)
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Thanks to Shruti to rectify the grammatical errors. Then this translation will be:
ड्राइव करते वक्त / समय हाथों को खाली रखें
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2008-01-18 15:01:25 GMT)
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Thanks to Shruti to rectify the grammatical errors. Then this translation will be:
ड्राइव करते वक्त / समय हाथों को खाली रखें
Peer comment(s):
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chaman4723
8 hrs
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धन्यवाद
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Shruti Nagar
: it's Vaqt not Baqt, and it should be haathon, not haath. Also, vaqt is an urdu term, Hindi term is samay.
1 day 7 hrs
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Thanks for correction
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