"Oboro" <grullo@grullaio.com> wrote in message
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> "Drinian" <sailracer6@yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> > This is a long-ranging controversy, and you're right on the mark with
your
> > English. The producer of the English version of EoE said they went
through
> > extreme pains to try an translate the line properly, but it's basically
> > impossible to do a literal translation.
> >
> > Not to mention that I remember hearing the line had been ad-libbed in
the
> > first place.
> >
> > This is from Juzzam's page:
> > "Shinji finds himself on a beach next to an ocean of LCL fluid, with an
> > injured Asuka beside him. Maybe because of all the times he's teased
her,
> > his response is to do what he had fantasized about, and try to strangle
> > her. But she stops him with a touch to the cheek, and he breaks down and
> > cries. She then says her closing line, which in English is translated as
> > "How disgusting." This line is very misunderstood. In Japanese, the line
> is
> > "Kimochi warui", which can be translated as "I feel sick", "I don't feel
> > well", "What a disgusting feeling", "How disgusting", "I don't like this
> > feeling", or "This feeling sucks". The Japanese language tends to
> > deemphasize personal pronouns. This line seems to repesent Asuka
> commenting
> > on how she feels, rather than insulting Shinji one last time."
> >
> > Hope that helps.
>
> Thanks a lot for your answer. Me too, I thought the last line was referred
> to Asuka's feelings, while in italian "che schifo" sounds like an insult
to
> Shinji.
>
> Bye.
>
> Not positive about this, but I believe that Auska, in the directors cut,
says the same thing in the episode where she is in the bathroom and feels
sick from her period. Can anyone confirm this or did I dream it all?

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