" There is only one success" ; Translation exercise;All levels ;Spanish/English.

Question

Hay sólo un éxito ; ser capaz de pasar su vida en su propio manera .

There is only one success; to be able to spend your life in your own way

Christopher Morley

Please correct my sentence.

Ones yardstick for 'success' may come into question,

but that aside , it is an interesting hypothetical, be expansive and inventive,

and a little adventuresome in your examples . I double dare you !

Answer 1

I agree completely. Unhappiness comes from trying to please others.

Completamente estoy de acuerdo. La infelicidad viene de intentar para complacer a los demás.

G'day mate good onya. Perhaps the unhappiness is created when we expect to be either thanked , or appreciated for our kindness. Expect nothing and we will be neither surprised , nor disappointed . - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

Answer 2

El único triunfo en la vida está viviendo su propia manera. ~ The only triumph in life is in living it your own way. . . to paraphrase Christopher Morley

And paraphrased beautifully mate , may I be the devils advocate and throw in -'one of the many triumphs in life ' Just to push the argument into deeper and more interesting waters. - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

All right Ray – All life’s successes are short lived (Rudyard Kipling said it best in his poem “If”). Beyond that, it is a matter of personal philosophy or faith, butting up against the daily test of expediencies and forces outside our control, . . . - Esteban_317, Jul 5, 2014

[continued from above]. . . that sees us select, to the extent we can, which of the many available pathways of life, we will trod. (“The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost uses a similar metaphor.) - Esteban_317, Jul 5, 2014

I like it , I like it , please do not stop , Ian Margherite and I are gagging for relief from the banal. - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

"If " shows us great examples , unfortunately Kipling did not take his own advice . - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

He, like so many of us, fell short of high standards he professed to and Yes I'm aware of some of his miss steps while in the USA- none the less - a great poem to consider. - Esteban_317, Jul 5, 2014

I have it to memory , and do try to follow it , thanks mate , I appreciate your good works. - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

Answer 3

Just about the truest thing I have ever heard.

Aproximadamente la cosa más verdadera que he oído.

Yes ! It is a little quoted gem which may have a profound effect on ones life - 'If understood better'. - ray76, Jul 5, 2014

Answer 4

Sí, es verdad pero muchas veces no sabemos que sea nuestra propria manera de vivir. Yes, it's true, but quite often we don't have a clue as to what might be our own way of living.

Answer 5

Nuestro libertad se extiende hasta que no perjudicamos la libertad de los demás, así no es permitido de pasar nuestra vida al daño de nuestros prójimos.

Our freedom extends until no one harms the freedom of others, thus is not allowed to spend our life to the damage of our neighbors.