Please, translate this sentence for me!

Question

I was looking through "The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs," and I came across a sentence that I didn't understand. I believe that it was probably mis-translated, but here it is:

"Así es que no tiene por qué trabajar."

Please fill out your profile so that we may better help you . Bienvenido al foro , buena suerte amiga. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

I have the big red book in front of me and it explains that quite well , you make an attempt and we will correct you . - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

In fact it almost explains your position in asking us to translate it ,-"Así es que no tienes por qué trabajar". - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

I was just about to go and have a coffee and read the book when I saw your post , increíble coincidencia. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

You have filled your profile so thank you , that is worth a vote from me mate. It is not a hard translation just make a stab at it , even if you get it wrong you will learn from it , good luck mate. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

I believe it means, "Therefore you don't have to work". But the translation says, "You have no reason to work." I searched for the meaning of "esí es que," but couldn't find it. - pappomercedes, Mar 1, 2015

It depends a lot on the context. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

"Así es que" means "therefore" - Daniela2041, Mar 1, 2015

Answer 1

The closest translation; Therefore you have no reason to work.

No tiene que trabajar ...... You don't have to work.

Thanks mate I was trying to do the opposite , but she did give a good try so deserves our support. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

... but the sentence in question doesn't obtain the word "razón." And why is "por qué" there? One would presume that is means, "Therefore you have no why to work". - pappomercedes, Mar 1, 2015

If you want to translate word for word, you could say this but it doesn´t make much sense in English. Translate the idea - not the words - 005faa61, Mar 1, 2015

@pappomercede Do you have a link to the phrase? Julian is fluent in Spanish. - rac1, Mar 1, 2015

I just realized the issue here. The word "el porqué" means reason, too. But "por qué" means something else. The translated at hand separated Por from Qué. - pappomercedes, Mar 1, 2015

*translation - pappomercedes, Mar 1, 2015

por qué - why - rac1, Mar 1, 2015

http://spanish.about.com/od/writtenspanish/a/porque.htm - rac1, Mar 1, 2015

Answer 2

I believe it means, "Therefore you don't have to work". But the translation says, "You have no reason to work." I searched for the meaning of "esí es que," but couldn't find it.

Please do not think that i was being hard , but we have found here that one learns better and one retains more when one has to put in the effort , go for it mate. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015

I don't that you were being hard. I appreciate the help. - pappomercedes, Mar 1, 2015

Así es que recibiste la mejor respuesta de JulianChivi. Tienes suerte, amiga. (Thus it is) Therefore you have received the best reply from JulianChivi, you are lucky, my friend. - Jubilado, Mar 1, 2015

Answer 3

"Así es que..." closest translation is "therefore" . It is normally used as a connector. Here you can see a few other examples :

Así es que ya sabes lo que tienes que hacer. // Por tanto , ya sabes lo que tienes que hacer // Así pues , ya sabes lo que tienes que hacer. Therefore , you know what you have to do.

Así pues , ya sabes lo que tienes que hacer. -Please fill out your profile so that we may better help you . Bienvenido al foro buena suerte amiga. - ray76, Mar 1, 2015