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I want to translate the following sentence to Japanese.

> In order not to make her angry but make her delighted, I must choose a
> proper gift for her birthday.

My attempt is as follows,

> 彼女は **怒られないように、または喜ぶために** 、妥当な誕生日へのプルゼントを選ばなくてはならない。

Is it natural? Is there any other better way to say "in order not to make her
angry but to make her delighted" ?
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How to say "In order not to make her angry but make her delighted"?
または means "or", so your sentence sort mean that you want her to not get angry
OR get happy.

You might wanna use より(よりむしろ) instead. To mean "instead".

Also, I think that 怒られる would mean that someone gets angry at her. 怒る would
mean that she gets angry.

> 彼女は怒るより、喜ぶために（ように）・・・
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You can use a causative verbal auxiliary せる like 彼女を怒らせるのではなく、喜ばせるために. 怒られない
is passive form.

I feel 妥当な is a bit unnatural in this sentence and それ相応の may be more
appropriate. And への in 誕生日へのプレゼント is extra.
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