is this sentence correct or need to be corrected?
many people mistake "being jealous' for " having a sense of competition". sometimes people try to achieve something because they think they deserve but it be considered as a kind of emulation
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Many people mistake competitiveness for jealousy. Sometimes people try to obtain something because they think they deserve it, but this is considered covetous.
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The main issue was missing capital letters. Please don't omit them.
"Many people mistake being jealous for having a sense of competition. Sometimes people try to achieve (attain?) something not because they think they deserve it, but instead out of a kind of emulation."
The second sentence was a bit difficult to decipher because of the shaky structure. I interpreted it to mean that copying someone can be a greater motivation than the object itself.
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Many people mistake "being jealous" for "having a sense of competition". Sometimes people try to achieve something because they think they deserve it, considering it as a kind of entitlement.
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in my first comment i used 'emulation' with a close meaning to jealousy. however what i meant is that Samsung copied the design of the rival company's product and i do not know whether they did it out of jealousy or not. Emulate, in its broadest sense, means COPY
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همچشمی
It means to be madly jealous of one's possessions that you feel complled to earn the same things at any cost. It has a disapproving sense into it, right? Look at the following example;
I am a footballer who is an ardent fan of Chris Ronaldo. I am trying to emulate his free-kick style.
These sentences give an implication that Ronaldo is my role model and I would like to imitate his style so that I will be admired too. هم چشمی in our language is sometimes mistranslated as competitiveness, but that is an erroneous connotation given that competitiveness is approving and has a positive meaning into it while همچشمی convey the feeling of hatred, jealousy and ....
I hope you can make out the difference. By the way, Do Not Trust Bilingual Dictionaries!
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