ずいぶん遅かったじゃないか
Why isn't this translated as: Why haven't you gotten slower?
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I'd translate it as: you sure took your sweet time, didn't you.
じゃないか there is similar to a tag question, it's not really negating the adjective 遅い. There's no 'why' there in that sentence.
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Why have you gotten late?
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じゃないか in this sentence is kinda equivalent to ”aren't you”.
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