Of course Nolan knows the pun translates well into English.
The reason for omitting it is that Nolan's general style is very low on humor, and such a pun sounds too much as a "silly joke". It would break his high-stakes, very serious, overly dramatic (and pretentious) style.
"My name is Nobody."
"Weird flex but okay."
(Later)
"HELLLLPPPP HE'S GOT ME!!"
"Bro?? Who's got you?!"
"NOBODY!"
"Lol cap, you almost had us bro."
Dude. It even works in modern *slang*.
Nolan has no excuse.
We don't talk enough about how one of the many twist of NGE is that the EVAs aren't really robots. They are giant ass, lobotomized clones of one member of the race of aliens that are trying to destroy humanity, that were turning into cyborgs.
I once had a roommate who applied for a PhD program at Stanford. They asked me to edit their essay for their application, which is where I discovered they didn’t know what a sentence was. They now have a PhD from Stanford.
a Sakura do clássico sem poder herdado, sem treinamento adequado e sem habilidades especiais se jogando num 1v3 na floresta da morte pra proteger o naruto e o sasuke, é filha do kakashi msm kkkkkk