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Nicolas2
Level: 31
1パックりじゃない、これはうほかないわ。
I don't understand the じゃない, which doesn't appear in the translation
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SirEdgar
Level: 1261
I think (take with a grain of salt of course, as I am guessing a bit based on what I read a minute ago) じゃない could here be translated as "isn't it" or (more likely) as a form of exclaiming a surprise about how dirty cheap this pack of eggs is.

Cross-reference this post on じゃない from Maggiesensei:
http://maggiesensei.com/2013/0...

Particularly, scroll down or search for the sections:
★To use じゃない ( = janai) in a negative question. ”Isn’t it”, “Aren’t they”, etc.
★To use じゃない(=janai) in a positive meaning.
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マイコー
Level: 261
Especially with なんて, I would guess that SidEdgar is right, and it's not a negation exactly, but a "isn't it?”, or "right?"
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Nicolas2
Level: 31
Thank you both. I thought it could be that, but because there isn't "isn't it" in the translation, I was afraid it could be something weird.
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