behind every successful man there stands a woman

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛə ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/
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• General-American: /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛɚ ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/
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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَرَاءَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ عَظِيمٍ اِمْرَأَةٌ (warāʔa kulli rajulin ʕaẓīmin imraʔatun) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Azerbaijani: hər uğurlu kişinin arxasında bir qadın dayanır — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 每個成功的男人背後都有一個女人 /每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人 (měi gè chénggōng de nánrén bèihòu dōu yǒu yīgè nǚrén) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Dutch: achter elke grote man staat een vrouw — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Finnish: jokaisen menestyvän miehen takana on nainen — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• French: tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière lui — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Galician: detrás dun gran home hai unha gran muller — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Georgian: ყოველი წარმატებული კაცის უკან ქალი დგას (q̇oveli c̣armaṭebuli ḳacis uḳan kali dgas) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• German: hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine Frau — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Hebrew: מאחורי כל גבר מצליח עומדת אישה (meakhoréy kol géver matslíakh omédet ishá) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Hindi: हर सफल पुरुष के पीछे एक महिला होती है (har saphal puruṣ ke pīche ek mahilā hotī hai) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Indonesian: di belakang setiap pria sukses ada seorang wanita hebat — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Japanese: すべての成功した男の後ろに女がいる (subete no seikō shita otoko no ushiro ni onna ga iru) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Latvian: aiz katra veiksmīga vīrieša stāv sieviete — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Lithuanian: už kiekvieno sėkmingo vyro stovi moteris — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Norwegian Bokmål: bak hver vellykket mann står en kvinne — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Portuguese: por trás de todo grande homem existe uma grande mulher — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Russian: за ка́ждым успе́шным мужчи́ной стои́т же́нщина (za káždym uspéšnym mužčínoj stoít žénščina) — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Spanish: detrás de un gran hombre hay una gran mujer — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Swedish: bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinna — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Turkish: her başarılı erkeğin arkasında bir kadın vardır — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
• Vietnamese: đằng sau một người đàn ông thành công luôn có bóng dáng người phụ nữ — men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners