Quote:
Originally Posted by Dharma
Quote:
Originally Posted by panzerfan View Post
QB「まさか。そんなのあるわけないじゃないか。」
Incubator: "No. There is definitely no way for that to have happened."
Your translation sound too precise, too scientific. Imho it is something more like:
"No way! How it can be possible?"
While it is a strong negative it is not absolute. And the second part technically is a question.
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The translation is
correct. almost correct
Japanese isn't a language you can translate from the words alone.
Half of the translation is in the context (e.g. intonation)
The last か has downwards intonation (you have to listen to the dialog to catch this), together with じゃない making it a rhetorical tag question equivalent to ", isn't it?" in English.
QB believes (maybe not definitely 100% but 99%) that Sayaka can't be saved. He has no doubt regarding this matter in his tone at all. Even the first まさか has a mocking tone, implying that Homura is stupid for asking something that both of them are sure of the answer.
edit:
re-listened, the first sentence before it also has downwards intonation (i.e. it's not a question) and the script is missing some words.
ほむら「佐倉杏子は
本当にみきさやかを救える望みがあったの」
Homura: Sakura Kyouko really has a desire to save Miki Sayaka.
QB「まさか。そんなの
不可能に決まってるじゃないか。」
What are you saying? There is no way that could be possible, isn't it?
t/n: "that" refers to the ability to save Sayaka, because the next sentence Homura asked why he doesn't stop Kyouku despite her action being a fruitless effort, which is when he revealed that it's to leave Homura as the only one MG to defend Walpurgisnacht.