Left to their own devices

Persian (Farsi) translation: به حال خود رها شدن

10:28 Jun 27, 2020

English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Left to their own devices

Hello,
How would you translate 'Left to their own devices'. It's the title of a new chapter of a book. The book is called Raising Humans In A Digital World

Here's a link to the first two pages of the chapter.
https://filebin.net/7u2pwy65jrh1u8hq

kiarash88
Iran

Persian (Farsi) translation:به حال خود رها شدن

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Reza Hashemi
Local time: 00:10

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5 +4

به حال خود رها شدن

Reza Hashemi

5 +3

به حال خود واگذاشته‌اند

Marzieh Izadi

5 +2

به اختیار خود

Ehsan Alipour

واگذاشتان تقدیر

Habibulla Josefi

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

left to their own devices

به حال خود رها شدن

Explanation:
https://fas.proz.com/kudoz/farsi-persian-to-english/other/54...

Reza Hashemi
Local time: 00:10
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)

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12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

left to their own devices به حال خود واگذاشته‌اند

Explanation:
یا
به حال خود واگذاشته‌اند یا رها شده اند

Marzieh Izadi
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 71

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

left to their own devices به اختیار خود

Explanation:
به اختیار خود گذاشتن

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Note added at 2 mins (2020-06-27 10:31:26 GMT)
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to allow someone to make their own decisions about what to do: He seemed to be a responsible person, so I left him to his own devices.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-06-27 14:10:00 GMT)
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Since it is a title, I am thinking of these options مردمان صاحب اختیار or اختیار واگذشاته به مردم or مردم به اختیار خود. While رهاشده به حال خود sounds correct, it may be misunderstood as 'left alone' or 'left unsupported'.

Ehsan Alipour
Local time: 22:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 332

23 hrs confidence:

واگذاشتان تقدیر

Explanation:
Also: واگذاشتان تقدیر

Habibulla Josefi
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Dari
PRO pts in category: 16

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