" The one who doesn't have the remote control has no options"
¡El que no tiene el mando a distancia no tiene opciones!.
Please help me , is this a correct translation ,and is "opciones" the right word in this phrase? ![]()
8 Answers
Your title is " The one who has the remote control does not have the options" but that is backwards. The one who does NOT have the remote control is the one with no options. The one who has the remote control has ALL the options.
As far as whether or not it makes sense in Spanish, I couldn't tell you.
Se queda sin opciones el que no tiene el control remoto.
I belive that the word "opciones" is a good option in the sentence.
I said it was not.
Good call ray, jeje
He has no options of what? This is probably quite clear in English, but not in Spanish. You will never hear that sentence.
I suggested:
El que no tiene el mando, no tiene nada que hacer.
No tiene nada que hacer is an idiomatic expression which means: to have no options
Looks like: he has nothing to do, well, it means "there is nothing you can do about it"
Maybe some of the natives can come up with another sentence.
Leslie has the correct idea. Indeed the text in the title means the opposite of the text in Spanish in the post.
" The one who has the remote control does not have the options" means literally in Spanish: "El que tiene el control remoto no tiene (las) opciones.
Logically what we really want to say in either language is:
"El que tiene el control remoto tiene las opciones (tiene el poder)."
"He /she who has the remote control has all the options (has the power)"
So, kudos to Leslie!
"El que no tiene el mando a distancia no tiene nada que hacer" is good.
But this other sentence "El que no tiene el mando a distancia no tiene ni voz ni voto" is very used. You cannot do anything.
In other circumstances, when you say "tú no tienes ni voz ni voto", you are afirming that person's opinions are unimportant.
Según la R.A.E. Opciones=Libertad o facultad de elegir.
I belive that the word "opciones" is a good option in the sentence.
There seems to be a contradiction somewhere. The heading is 'who has' but the quote is 'doesn't have.'
And I think it should be opción.
Se queda sin opciones el que no tiene el control remoto.
Voto por esta, esta es ideal. Gracias Morbo.![]()
Lo que sonaba mal era lo de tener opciones. Gekko, se trataba de mirar la frase en español, la que usas con tiene no me suena nada.
En efecto, falta el no, pero eso ya se entendía, vamos, digo yo![]()