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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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translation meaning interjections
いい at the beginning of a sentence
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.
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I interplete Kaname's line, "いい、ソースケ？A4のコピー用紙200枚よ？" is making sure to Sosuke
that they are going to carry away four bundles of copy paper, and "いい?” here
means "Are you sure (certain)?,"comfirming if Sosuke is fully aware of his
role.

In another way, Kaname is saying; "Listen, Sosuke. We are going to carry away
2000 sheets of A4 size copy paper."

I can understand why the question mark is put after "いい、ソースケ," but don't
understand why the question mark is required after "A4のコピー用紙200枚よ."
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