ってことはどっか Usage in プロってことはどっかスポンサーがついてるってことですよね？


In Terrace House, several people are sitting around a table sharing
information about themselves and answering questions.

One of the guys asks a snow boarder the following question:

> プロってことはどっかスポンサーがついてるってことですよね？

From my understanding, ってことはどっか means "saying (こと) somewhere". The whole
sentence in my head translated to English would be something roughly like
"Didn't you say something about you being a professional sponsored somewhere?"

According to Netflix's translation on their English CC's, it actually
translates to:

> "If you're a pro, that means you have a sponsor?"

According to Google translate, ってことはどっか by itself translates to "Does it mean
something?"

I know that English translations aren't to be taken literally, but both
sources suggest that ってことはどっか translates to "meaning something" rather than
"saying (こと) somewhere".

Why is this the case?




You may have broken this sentence up incorrectly, and that's likely what's
confusing you.

It should be this:

> プロってことは｜どっかスポンサーがついてるってことですよね？

Thus, you get something like this -

> Since you're a pro, you must have a sponsor somewhere, right?

どっか is a colloquial shortening of どこか, which might also be part of your
confusion.

In the right context, it could also mean that this person must have brought a
sponsor to the event they're at, but based on your question, that doesn't seem
quite right.




You may have broken this sentence up incorrectly, and that's likely what's
confusing you.

It should be this:

> プロってことは｜どっかスポンサーがついてるってことですよね？

Thus, you get something like this -

> Since you're a pro, you must have a sponsor somewhere, right?

どっか is a colloquial shortening of どこか, which might also be part of your
confusion.

In the right context, it could also mean that this person must have brought a
sponsor to the event they're at, but based on your question, that doesn't seem
quite right.

