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We know that Yamada is not afraid of anything. Then, Nagasawa says:

> 「山田君のように、怖いもの知らず **っていうのにも** 、ちょっと憧れちゃうけどな...」  
>  Like Yamada, even though I said I'm not afraid of anything, I have a little
> admiration but...

I think my translation must be wrong because Nagasawa never did say that he
wasn't afraid of anything (we only know this about Yamada). Also, It's not
clear to me why this would result in him having admiration.

So I think I'm messing up the っていうのにも part. I'm guessing that the whole
sentence is supposed to mean:

> I have a little admiration for people like Yamada who aren't afraid of
> anything but...

But I can't bend っていうのにも to my will. How do I break down this sentence?
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Meaning of っていうのにも
> I have a little admiration for people like Yamada who aren't afraid of
> anything but...

You've got the gist.

Anecdotally, if someone actually said something, the Kanji 「言」 is used in
「～と言う」. If no Kanji, then you're bringing the preceding statement into the
spotlight. Here, it can be interpreted roughly as "the fact that", but its
real use is more general. という, っていう, or just って are used like this:

> [猫]{ねこ}って[動物]{どうぶつ}は[可愛い]{かわいい}な
>
> お前っていうやつは・・・ (common in Anime/Manga)
>
> 君は何でもできる **というのが** すごい

If you get the last example, you should be able to retackle your sentence.
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> 「[山田君]{やまだくん}のように、[怖]{こわ}いもの[知]{し}らず **っていうのにも** 、ちょっと[憧]{あこが}れちゃうけどな...」

「っていうのにも」＝「っていうの + にも」

「の」 is a nominalizer. ⇒ "this thing called 怖いもの知らず (as seen in Yamada)"

「に」 always goes with the verb 「憧れる」 as in 「～～ **に** 憧れる」 = "(I) yearn for ~~",
"(I) long for ~~", etc.

「も」 here is the implicit kind of "also" and I am sure you have seen it before
(because we use it like 80 times a day, literally). The speaker does **_not_**
say what other things he longs for.

Thus, the middle part of your first TL: "Like Yamada, even though **_I said
I'm not afraid of anything_** , I have a little admiration but..." is pretty
much guesslation. The speaker did not **say** anything, and it is not him who
is not afraid. It is Yamada.

Your second TL is much better and is closer to what the original says.

My own attempt:

> "I sorta yearn a bit for the (kind/level of) fearlessness as Yamada's,
> but..."
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There are a few things that aren't literal here.

**っていう**

This can mean "that kind of thing", "the fact that", etc. It does not mean
that anyone has actually said anything about it. In this case, 怖いもの知らずっていう
would mean something like "The thing known as not knowing fear".

**けどな...**

This may actually mean 'but' depending on the context, but the rest of the
sentence makes it sound like a casual 'though' that doesn't link up to
anything. For example, "I already went to the supermarket though", "I still
want cheese though", etc.

As for **のにも** :

「の」is basically the same as 「こと」in this case. It's kind of hard to translate
into English, but you've probably seen this construct in something like 泳ぐ
**の** が好き for example.

「に」as another answer said is related to the verb 憧れる.

「も」is used in the sense that "This isn't bad either".

So the closest translation would probably be:

> "I also kind of yearn to be fearlessness like Yamada, though."
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