मनुष्य एक प्राणी

English translation: After all, man is an animal.

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Hindi term or phrase:मनुष्य एक प्राणी ही तो है
English translation:After all, man is an animal.
Entered by: pucoug (X)

04:20 Dec 8, 2004
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Hindi term or phrase: मनुष्य एक प्राणी
मनुष्य एक प्राणी ही तो है (Manusya ek praNdi hee to hai)

How would you translate this to English?

Thanks!
pucoug (X)
Local time: 22:58
After all, man is an animal.
Explanation:
That is how I'll say it.

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Note added at 45 mins (2004-12-08 05:06:50 GMT)
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Or,
After all man is a living being.
After all man is a living entity.
....whichever you prefer according to the context.
Selected response from:

Subhamay Ray (X)
Local time: 22:43
Grading comment
I think this one is the best for the context. It is for a commercial, and this fits perfectly.

Thanks everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3After all, man is an animal.
Subhamay Ray (X)
5Well man is a creature
Harinder Dhillon
4A person is just a living creature.
Rajan Chopra


  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
After all, man is an animal.


Explanation:
That is how I'll say it.

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Note added at 45 mins (2004-12-08 05:06:50 GMT)
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Or,
After all man is a living being.
After all man is a living entity.
....whichever you prefer according to the context.


Subhamay Ray (X)
Local time: 22:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think this one is the best for the context. It is for a commercial, and this fits perfectly.

Thanks everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anil Goyal
20 mins
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agree  keshab
8 hrs
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agree  Syeda Tanbira Zaman: perfect
9 hrs
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Well man is a creature


Explanation:
praanee would be creature

Harinder Dhillon
Local time: 12:13
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
मनुष्य एक प्राणी
A person is just a living creature.


Explanation:
This is another suggestion. Here ही तो है appears to have been used in the sense of "only", therefore, I felt it worth-while to translate it as "just".

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Note added at 8 hrs 27 mins (2004-12-08 12:48:42 GMT)
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Another suggestion:

Man is just a human being.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 22:43
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 20
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