"For someone who doesn't like rats..."

Question

Hello,

I was trying to translate the sentence below into Spanish. I am not sure how to handle the grammar when using "no les gustan" in this particular case.

"For someone who doesn't like rats, you do a pretty good impersonation!"

My best attempt is:

"¡Por alguien a que no les gustan los ratones, haces una buena imitación!"

Please let me know how I can improve this sentence. Apart from the beginning, I'm not sure what the equivalent of "pretty good" would be in Spanish.

Regards,

Kevin

Answer 1

Para alguien a quien no le gustan las ratas haces un papel bastante bueno.

Ratas, señores, no son lo mismo que ratoncitos

The top pic appears to be some kind of kangaroo creature. - webdunce, Jul 6, 2011

The dictionary indicates rata is rat and ratón is mouse. The bottom picture is of a rat. I have no idea what the top picture is of. - webdunce, Jul 6, 2011

¡In cualquier caso, a mi esposa no le gustan las ratas ni los ratoncitos! - wordupdowndog, Jul 6, 2011

Thank you, Heidi. A great example of this usage of "papel". - pesta, Jul 6, 2011

Webdunce, the little mouse is "ratón" and the big rat is "rata," but I agree that the top photo here looks like something akin to a kangaroo - 005faa61, Jul 6, 2011

Answer 2

Very close!

Para alguien a quien no le gustan los ratones ..............

very close mi amor, pero vamos a ver, una ratita de na...eso no es lo mismo que R A T A S !!!! lol - 00494d19, Jul 6, 2011

Mi reina, me cachaste por dos letritas, pero ni modo, me encanta estar cachado por ti, ja,ja. Pero otra cosa, fígate: si el fulano hace bien el papel, quizás el rata sea un buen R A T E R O. ¡Aguas! - 005faa61, Jul 6, 2011

Answer 3

Para alguien a que no le gustan los ratones ...

Julian,

Do you need to use A alguien rather than Para alguien in that construction?

I seem to recall a thread where it was said that when para is used, you do not use the i.o.p.

Compré el libro para María. ( no redundant i.o.p. le with para)

Le compré a María el libro . (redundant i.o.p. with "a")

I have no idea if this applies to these intransitive sentence like it does in the transitive sentences. I'm just asking, not trying to suggest that it does. I have no clue.

Oops! I think that I see my error.

Para alguien a quien no le gustan los ratones....

The a.... i.o. is there, after all.

Forget my question entirely. I forgot that a que can be a quien

Alguien is the object of para, but the a que/quien introduces an entire clause that acts as an adjective of alguien (the para has nothing to do with it). - webdunce, Jul 6, 2011

It's like saying, "For someone to whom it doesn't matter, you sure are getting worked up about it." (If that might help). - webdunce, Jul 6, 2011

Like the new avatar a la the old grumpy men from The Muppet Show. - webdunce, Jul 6, 2011

The point that I was trying to bring up was is the a quien (a que) necessary to have the le? - 0074b507, Jul 6, 2011

Q, the "para" is correct, but you are right about "alguien" instead of "que." Good catch! - 005faa61, Jul 6, 2011

Answer 4

I would start it off with something like,

"Por alguien que no le gusten ratas (ratones)..."

But I'm not entirely sure that that's right. Let's wait to see what other's have to say.

*Edit: Ha, yeah, I was pretty far off. P=