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I saw this sentence in an episode of attack on titan the speaker is
referencing a power she has and that she doesn't understand how it works
unlike the listeners who do

The english sub translation was

**Unlike you Im basically clueless (about the power)**

My understanding of the sentence goes like this

**その辺の仕組みは** - "The mechanics\structure\details of this thing (the power)"

**あんたらと違って** - "You guys (the listeners) are different"

I believe 知らん is short for 知らない so my best translation of the last line would
be

**よう知らん** - In the way in the way in which you dont know

If this translation were correct wouldn't it make more sense to say よう知てる what
am I missing here
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grammar translation verbs spoken-language anime
What does よう知らん mean in その辺の仕組みはあんたらと違って よう知らん
* は can indicate an object (in this case, of 知る). Cf. [this answer.](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1121/45489)
  * 知らん is 知らない as you correctly understand
  * よう is よく= _well_.

So

  * その辺の仕組みは About the mechanism surrounding it
  * あんたら **と** 違って Different **from** you guys (unlike you guys)
  * よう知らん don't know well

The subject of 知らん is the speaker, hence the translation of the sub.

* * *

One subtlety: in 関西弁, 'よう ... negative' means stronger negation ([a
source](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1449429024))
and this interpretation would be closer to 'clueless' (but note the accent
difference mentioned in the comments.). But in 'standard' Japanese, よう知らん
sounds more "I don't know very well".
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