How can I translate けど in this sentence?

Question

I don't get these sentences; the first one ends with けど (plus I don't get why there is the use of !? at the end)

Here the sentences:

俺モデル! 顔命なの です けど!?

んなに 硬くねーだろ>

I know that けど means "but, though, however" but I don't get the meaning here.

My translation is:

"I am a model! My face is the most important thing but!?" (there's a pause here before the person continues talking)

"It isn't so hard"

But the second sentence kind of make no sense to me unless けど at the end changes the entire meaning of the second sentence? So that the translation is completely different?

The context is (if this can help) the person has been hit by a ball in the face and he is angry and shouting. Help would be much appreciated (:

Answer 1

I think the translation of "けど" here is "although, yet" not "but, however". But I haven't understood the beginning of the second sentence. Could you write in romaji too or add furigana above kanjis.(Sorry I cannot read kanjis without furigana, I only know japanese by ear :) )

I think it will be something like this as much as I understand;)

I'm a model! Although my face is (my/the) most important thing (of a model's), .....

If you write furigana/in romaji I'd more helpful :)

Answer 2

May I offer a very contextualized quote:

I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is. – Derek Zoolander

Here, your けど roughly maps to the almost-modestness of I'm pretty sure. It is more of a modal modifier than a grammatical thing.

硬くねーだろ is an idiomatic response, with 硬い referring to 硬派-ness (hardliner-ness), i.e. playfully doubting that the recipient "is up to it".

Answer 3

I am assuming, without adequate knowledge of the full context, that 硬い refers to the hardness of the ball. Though in English, "hard," can refer figuratively to the difficulty of say, life, for instance, in Japanese I do not think 硬い is used as commonly in an analogous manner. Though perhaps as Jens says, it refers to 硬派?

Here is my attempt at translation:

俺モデル! 顔命なの です けど!? I'm a model! (*I'm reacting this way because)My face is my life!?

んなに 硬くねーだろ> Ok, so it's not that hard...(referring to the ball)

です けど at the end of an exclamation can sometimes take the meaning of, "..it's just because..," and in this instance may be an apology of sorts, or a way to explain his reaction and give an excuse.

The use of the question mark here may be more akin to grawlix commonly seen in comics, signifying confusion or surprise, rather than a question. The use of roman symbols such as the question mark are not as codified in Japanese as they are in English.

A few examples of similar uses of ですけど can be found in this link:

http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=ですけど%21&ref=sa