How to translate わからない in the following sentence


Context: a boxer named Yanagi is fighting against an opponent named Hyodo.
Although Hyodo is really young, he is considered a very talented boxer and is
often called genius (天才). Yanagi is thinking about how to face such a boxer.

> わかっている ボクシングには数と質を超越する力【もの】を持つボクサーがいるコトを
>
> 理論から逸脱した天才に立ち向かうには…… 闘志以外は 無い
>
> わかっている… それでも届かないコトも
>
> だが… **わからない** のは 現実【それ】を認められない自分自身だ

My translation attempt:

> I know that in boxing there are boxers that have an ability that trascends
> quantity and quality.
>
> To face a genius that escapes theory... the only way is using one's fighting
> spirit.
>
> But I also know... that this doesn't work.
>
> However... what I don't **know**... is that the one who can't accept reality
> is me.

The last sentence seems a little weird to me. Does it sound weird only once it
is translated to English or in Japanese too? Is my translation correct?

I know that わかる is an intransitive verb and doesn't actually mean "to know"
but "to be clear/known", but that's not the problem here. The fact is that If
I take out わからないのは, the sentence makes sense. It seems redundant to me. How
would you translate or interpret it?

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> だが… わからないのは 現実{それ}を認{みと}められない自分自身{じぶんじしん}だ

Your TL of that is:

> "However... what I don't know... is that the one who can't accept reality is
> me."

I cannot tell if you are getting the grammar of the original correctly. The
original Japanese is completely grammatical and natural-sounding. Nothing
about it is weird or redundant.

To me, what is weird is your TL. The speaker **_knows_** exactly who it is
that is unable to accept reality. **_It is the speaker himself._**

The structure of the sentence is:

"But it is 自分自身 (, who is unable to 現実を認める,) that I cannot quite
understand/comprehend/ ** _come to terms with_**."

「現実を認められない」 is a relative clause that modifies 「自分自身」. In other words, the
core structure of the sentence is:

> 「わからないのは自分自身だ。」 (What I don't comprehend is myself.)

Then, you want to qualify 「自分自身」 with 「現実を認められない」. Hope this makes sense to
you.

I have practically translated the whole sentence, haven't I?




> だが… わからないのは 現実{それ}を認{みと}められない自分自身{じぶんじしん}だ

Your TL of that is:

> "However... what I don't know... is that the one who can't accept reality is
> me."

I cannot tell if you are getting the grammar of the original correctly. The
original Japanese is completely grammatical and natural-sounding. Nothing
about it is weird or redundant.

To me, what is weird is your TL. The speaker **_knows_** exactly who it is
that is unable to accept reality. **_It is the speaker himself._**

The structure of the sentence is:

"But it is 自分自身 (, who is unable to 現実を認める,) that I cannot quite
understand/comprehend/ ** _come to terms with_**."

「現実を認められない」 is a relative clause that modifies 「自分自身」. In other words, the
core structure of the sentence is:

> 「わからないのは自分自身だ。」 (What I don't comprehend is myself.)

Then, you want to qualify 「自分自身」 with 「現実を認められない」. Hope this makes sense to
you.

I have practically translated the whole sentence, haven't I?

