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Who can really fathom the depths of another mans heart?


I would appreciate if someone could provide me with the accurate quote in Japanese as it is said in the movie.
Such an awesome scene.

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人それぞれに心など到底計り知れるものではない.
Hito sorezore ni kokoro nado toutei hakari shireru mono de wa nai.

In the original Japanese, he doesn't really phrase it as a question as it's put in the translation. The wording is also slightly different. But the translated line captures the spirit of it and puts it very eloquently.

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Thank you!
Could you give me a rough straight translation?
Always found the way it was translated very beautiful.

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A rough literal translation would be "one cannot measure the depth of people's heart".

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