Jun 18, 2018 20:38
5 yrs ago
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Japanese term
Italy
分かっちゃったリなんかしちゃったりなんかしちゃったりする
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,
could you please clarify to me a couple of things in the following sentence?
In a cartoon, a pilot is having a problem on her plane and she doesn't know what to do about it. So she thinks:
前のパイロットなら分かっちゃったリなんかしちゃったりなんかしちゃったりするのだろうか
1) I suppose it's structured in that redundant way in order to achieve a comical effect, right?
2) Putting the structure aside, does the whole sentence mean "I wonder if the previous pilot would understand"? Those なんかしちゃったり are confusing me.
Thank you very much!
could you please clarify to me a couple of things in the following sentence?
In a cartoon, a pilot is having a problem on her plane and she doesn't know what to do about it. So she thinks:
前のパイロットなら分かっちゃったリなんかしちゃったりなんかしちゃったりするのだろうか
1) I suppose it's structured in that redundant way in order to achieve a comical effect, right?
2) Putting the structure aside, does the whole sentence mean "I wonder if the previous pilot would understand"? Those なんかしちゃったり are confusing me.
Thank you very much!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Maybe the previous pilot would know what to do |
Yuki Okada
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Proposed translations
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25 mins
Yuki Okada
Canada
Canada
Native in Japanese
Canada
Engineering translator
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
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Maybe the previous pilot would know what to do
You tend to come across interesting phrases. You are right about 1. I also think that she is trying to avert accusations by wordy, lengthy expression.
2. The supposed answer to this rhetorical question is on the affirmative (she doesn't know what to do but the previous pilot must know it.) so I think she is more than just "wondering." It is essentially saying, 前のパイロットなら分っちゃうんだろうな。
2. The supposed answer to this rhetorical question is on the affirmative (she doesn't know what to do but the previous pilot must know it.) so I think she is more than just "wondering." It is essentially saying, 前のパイロットなら分っちゃうんだろうな。
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for confirming the comical effect, and yes, the sentence is absolutely on the affirmative. My bad for missing that.
Thanks!"
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