いい at the beginning of a sentence


Recently I purchased a series of light novels and on the very first page there
is this sentence: "いい、ソースケ?"

The only possible translations I could come up with were: "OK, Sousuke?" or
"Ready, Sousuke?"

But in the "official" (TokyoPop) translation, it translates it as: "Pay
attention, Sausuke!"

I just couldn't find ANYTHING on this topic, so I would appreciate it if
anyone could help me understand what this "いい" means. Thanks in advance ^_^

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This type of いい (or いいか, いいですか, etc) is used _before_ the important
information is conveyed, to draw the listener's attention. This can be safely
translated as "mind you", "listen" or "remember". "Pay attention" also seems
to be a good translation to me.

The question mark at the end of the sentence represents the rising tone of the
speaker, and it's just another way to add the feeling of "..., you got it?",
"..., okay?" to the sentence.

Examples:

>   * いいか、締め切りは明日だぞ？  
>  **Remember** , the deadline is tomorrow.
>   * いいですか、これは秘密ですよ？  
>  **Mind you** , this is a secret.
>




This type of いい (or いいか, いいですか, etc) is used _before_ the important
information is conveyed, to draw the listener's attention. This can be safely
translated as "mind you", "listen" or "remember". "Pay attention" also seems
to be a good translation to me.

The question mark at the end of the sentence represents the rising tone of the
speaker, and it's just another way to add the feeling of "..., you got it?",
"..., okay?" to the sentence.

Examples:

>   * いいか、締め切りは明日だぞ？  
>  **Remember** , the deadline is tomorrow.
>   * いいですか、これは秘密ですよ？  
>  **Mind you** , this is a secret.
>

