This is the last paragraph of my article that is a film review
Before I finish, I want to share a line from the film with you: 'What is life? It depends on the liver. 'The corresponding Chinese subtitle is “生命是什么？这取决于肝脏。” Nobody will think that the translation is wrong. But the sentence is a pun. As for a pun itself, it is almost untranslatable. The 'liver' is an organ in the body. So life depends on whether you have a healthy liver. The other is the slightly unusual usage meaning 'one that lives especially in a specified way' (see
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liver). There are lots of words following this pattern. The person who sings is the singer and the person who teaches is the teacher. Don’t forget that there is a plot relating to the liver in Andhadhun.
So this sentence has two senses here:
1) The rebirth of Akash depends on the liver of Simi (the leading woman in the film).
2) It depends on the liver (person), then life is whatever you feel makes it worth living.
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This is the last paragraph of my article that is a film review
Before I finish, I want to share a line from the film with you: 'What is life? It depends on the liver. '(Change to: "What is life? It depends on the liver." The quotes should be double(" ") since it's a piece of dialogue)The corresponding Chinese subtitle is “生命是什么？这取决于肝脏。” Nobody will think that the translation is wrong. But the sentence is a pun. As for a (the - we've already mentioned that it is a pun. Now it is specific so we switch from 'a'(general) to 'the'(specific))pun itself, it is almost untranslatable. The 'liver' is an organ in the body. So life depends on whether you have a healthy liver. The other is the slightly unusual usage meaning 'one that lives especially in a specified way' (see
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liver). There are lots of words following this pattern. The person who sings is the singer and the person who teaches is the teacher. Don’t forget that there is a plot relating to the liver in Andhadhun.
So this sentence has two senses here:
1) The rebirth of Akash depends on the liver of Simi (the leading woman in the film).
2) It depends on the liver (person), then life is whatever you feel makes it worth living.
Well written. It's a cool quote for sure. I would love to quote that and then just stay silent while everyone stares at me. Let me know if you have any questions about my corrections.
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