Usar "hay que"

Question

Pensí que la significa, "it is necessary" pero cuando yo uso la transducador, me dice, "There is that" de que es demasiado literal para significar "it is necessary". What does it mean?

pensaba/pensé que significa or que quiere decir ....traductor. - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 1

¿Traductor? Transducador almost sounds it should be some kind of moneychanger, i.e. "transducater"

Answer 2

"There is that" de que es demasiado literal para significar "it is necessary".

Claro que sale siendo literal porque le metiste al traductor unas dos palabras nada más. Aúnque sea una máquina traductora, te dará mejor resultado cuando escribas una frase entera. Normalmente decimos hay que en vez de "something needs to be done", ej: Hay que pagar la cuenta ....... The bill/check needs to be paid. Esto es una forma de voz pasiva.

Ten en cuenta: I thought ..... Yo pensé

Yeah the bill needs to be paid....and I'm not going to pay it. lol. - gringojrf, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 3

Hay que = it's necessary Don't trust translators

Espero que te encuentres bien. - Jubilado, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 4

How about "have to"?

Too literal and it doesn't mean the same?

Yes, "Something has to be done" is also a good translation. The exact word isn´t as important as the meaning, which is a requirement that something be done without identifying an agent doing it - 005faa61, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 5

I have a problem with translation and interpretation, to me:

Interpretation = it can be said in different way(s) but the meaning more or less remains the same.

Translation = Taking, if possible, the same words to say it in the other language, taking into account the usual "idiotsyncrasy" of each language.

ie:

casa roja = red house, although poetically speaking, red house could be translated as roja casa.

C?

Su "translation" sobre es en inglés "literal translation" or "one-to-one translation". En realidad "literal translation" no es posible--nunca. - EugenioCosta, Jun 5, 2013

Casa =/= house. Casa is feminine. Casa has consonance with roja. Neither of these aspects of the Spanish are present in the English. - EugenioCosta, Jun 5, 2013

Strictly speaking even one to one correspondence "translation" of sememes is seldom if ever possible, - EugenioCosta, Jun 5, 2013

As a matter of fact, translation often has very little to do with words taken as word in language x and word in language y. - EugenioCosta, Jun 5, 2013

Answer 6

This was one of the threads on the weekly periphrase thread I have going and has examples and corrections by SilviaC. Here is the one for hay que + infinitivos:

No. 7 - perfifrasis verbales Hay que + infinitivo