What does this (うつつを抜かす)ことなんてありません mean?


In _Steins;Gate 0_ , there is this line between a hikikomori kinda like girl
and a professor who always teases her by pairing her and one of his male
acquaintances together romantically.

  * Girl: 恋愛なんて何の役にも立たないのに
  * Professor: あら そんなことないわよ
  * Professor: 何より恋愛感情も 私の大事な研究対象よ
  * Girl: だからって 人を研究対象扱いしないでください 私に限ってそんなものに うつつを 抜かすことなんてありませんから

I am troubled about the last sentence here. I checked two anime streaming
sites, both had the following as translation: "I will never allow myself to be
fooled by the delusion of love" How does this translation come together
exactly? My interpretation would be "There is no need to get so hooked on that
thing explicitly with me" I cannot translate it properly, but basically, in my
interpretation she said that there is no need (なんてことありませんから) to get so hooked
on that thing (そんなものにうつつを抜かす) exclusively with me (私に限って). A more natural
translation would be "Don't force that thing exclusively on me" or something
like that. Is my interpretation correct, or am I missing something and the
translation is actually correct?




The translation you saw on the streaming sites is the correct one.

Although ～ことはない can mean "there is no need to ～", it also means "～ never
happens" or "～ is impossible". For example, depending on the context,
彼が行くことはない means either "He doesn't have to go" or "There is no possibility
that he will go". In this situation, "no possibility" is the correct
interpretation because うつつを抜かす is a phrase with a fairly bad meaning, and no
one suggested she _needed_ to forget herself and immerse herself in love.
Saying "I don't _need to_ get hooked" in this context simply doesn't make much
sense.

[`～に限って(～ない)` is a set
phrase](https://www.edewakaru.com/archives/20100829.html), and this 私に限って is
more like "(putting others aside,) as far as I am concerned" or "(I don't know
about others but) at least regarding myself" or "I am the last person to ...".
Of course she isn't saying she is literally the only person in the world who
isn't interested in love.

> 彼に限って失敗はしない。  
>  He is the last person to fail. / He will never, ever fail.  
>  (But not "He is the only person who won't fail.")

So the original sentence translates to something along the lines of "I am the
last person who gets hooked on that kind of things", "As far as I am
concerned, I'll never be infatuated with such things".




The translation you saw on the streaming sites is the correct one.

Although ～ことはない can mean "there is no need to ～", it also means "～ never
happens" or "～ is impossible". For example, depending on the context,
彼が行くことはない means either "He doesn't have to go" or "There is no possibility
that he will go". In this situation, "no possibility" is the correct
interpretation because うつつを抜かす is a phrase with a fairly bad meaning, and no
one suggested she _needed_ to forget herself and immerse herself in love.
Saying "I don't _need to_ get hooked" in this context simply doesn't make much
sense.

[`～に限って(～ない)` is a set
phrase](https://www.edewakaru.com/archives/20100829.html), and this 私に限って is
more like "(putting others aside,) as far as I am concerned" or "(I don't know
about others but) at least regarding myself" or "I am the last person to ...".
Of course she isn't saying she is literally the only person in the world who
isn't interested in love.

> 彼に限って失敗はしない。  
>  He is the last person to fail. / He will never, ever fail.  
>  (But not "He is the only person who won't fail.")

So the original sentence translates to something along the lines of "I am the
last person who gets hooked on that kind of things", "As far as I am
concerned, I'll never be infatuated with such things".

