"You have to believe in yourself."
Translation:你要相信你自己。
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Are you saying that "你要相信你自己" is grammatically incorrect?
I like your version, but I would have thought it was okay with or without the second "你". Certainly "你自己" itself is an extremely common phrase, as far as I can tell.
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Yes, it is technically incorrect but definitely commonly used. Many 语病 has its source in commonly used phrases, actually.
It's a bit redundant I guess? Tho I wouldn't mark it wrong, it reads more of you need to believe in yourself (which is stronger in nature)
No. At best that's "You yourself have to believe" (i.e., it's not enough that others believe), though for that we might also say "你自己要相信".
But a close approximation of Duo's sentence is perhaps "你要有自信（心）", "You have to have self-confidence". Native speakers, is this correct?
你要你自己相信。is: "You, yourself need to believe it." I can tell you something, but I cannot believe it for you.
It doesn't sound quite right to me. It seems to be "You yourself have to believe you", whereas we want "You have to believe (in) yourself", which is perhaps a matter of emphasis more than a real difference in meaning, but it's still important, because only the latter is the natural and common way of saying it.