Your life is in your hands

Japanese translation: 人生自分次第

13:20 Sep 20, 2010
English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Philosophy / Phrase
English term or phrase: Your life is in your hands
Please help me with translating the following phrase into Japanese:
"Your life is in your hands"
Danylo Kravchuk
Ukraine
Local time: 10:01
Japanese translation:人生自分次第
Explanation:
As two people already answered that it is just a phrase and it's hard to guess the context. I don't know for what purpose you need this phrase in Japanese, but I would translated it to means as "life depends on your action."

If you could provide the whole sentence that included this phrase, I could come up with more accurate translation.
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hase
Local time: 16:01
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2人生自分次第
hase
4今の決定が生死を決める
Nahoko & Mike Ito-Smithies
4人生は自分の手中にある
TCN6YR
3自分の将来は自分の手の中にある
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Summary of reference entries provided
FYI
cinefil

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your life is in your hands
人生自分次第


Explanation:
As two people already answered that it is just a phrase and it's hard to guess the context. I don't know for what purpose you need this phrase in Japanese, but I would translated it to means as "life depends on your action."

If you could provide the whole sentence that included this phrase, I could come up with more accurate translation.

hase
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TCN6YR: The asker posted the same question in Russian-Japanese, and my answer coincided with yours.
8 hrs

agree  ymmoss
22 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
your life is in your hands
今の決定が生死を決める


Explanation:
英語のイディオムです。

Nahoko & Mike Ito-Smithies
New Zealand
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in JapaneseJapanese
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
your life is in your hands
自分の将来は自分の手の中にある


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
your life is in your hands
人生は自分の手中にある


Explanation:
もう1つ別な言い方をRU-JP Kudozのところに追加したので、ここにも提案することにしました。ジャン=ポール・サルトルの名言で「人間の運命は人間の手中にある」というものがあります。http://kokoro-kotoba.seesaa.net/article/1728348.html
それを少しアレンジしたものです。

私も偶然思いついた人生自分次第は、意味のわかり易い訳ですが、こちらはより哲学的な言い回しです。Askerにご判断いただくということで。

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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2010-09-22 02:11:23 GMT)
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As I added another idea to RU-JP Kudoz, I decided to post that translation here, too. The explanation is the same as that.

TCN6YR
Japan
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: Japanese
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Reference comments


11 hrs
Reference: FYI

Reference information:
http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=3...
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Life-Hands-Lasting-Happiness/dp/1...

in sb's hands
人の思いのままで.

in hand
手にして, 所有して; 制御して; 支配[保護]下に; 着手[用意]して; 考究中で; 後((あと))払いで.
リーダーズ+プラス英和辞典

cinefil
Japan
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 13
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