[EVA][OT] The final line & Eva's themes

[Rachel K. Clark]

On Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:02 PM
 RJN wrote:

>Eva TV English track had "pissed" as its strongest word.

"Bullshit!"

Listen: http://www.evacommentary.org/misc-files/05_bullshit.mp3

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On Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:17 PM,
Peter Svensson wrote:

> >As I stated in my previous post (did it get sent out??), Shinji said
>>literally "I'm the lowest of the low".
>
> Which has no impact in English. None. What he's saying has impact in
> Japanese. It means something. But taking a literal translation of the 
> phrase
> doesn't convey the meaning. "I'm so fucked up."

Does "I'm so fucked up" actually convey the idea of having hit rock-bottom, 
or having become a more miserable and pathetic wretch than ever before?

I feel like a nuance is lost, myself.


-- Rachel