Bělíková Zuzana The Modal Verb Could and its Equivalents in Translation
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6.1.3.1
How Could He There are 28 examples (37%) in the subcorpus, which is, again, more than one third of all of them. Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University Olomouc 49 (139) How could he have forgotten? (BAD) Jak jenom mohl zapomenout? (140) How could he do this to here? (GP) Jak jí tohle mohl udělat? (141) “How could he be sure Mapstone would refer the cases to Lawson’s agency?” (KFA) „Jak si mohl být jistý, že Beth případ předá Frey – Salteru?” The meaning is the same again. A speaker expresses his/her surprise that something could happen or be done. 6.1.3.2 Different Equivalents There are 13 sentences that do not carry modality and could is expressed differently. The most common equivalent used instead of could (he) is be able to or to manage, which is an indirect expression of could. (142) How, then, could he survive night after night in LaRue, El Morocco, listening to the Wildwood ch-ch-chatter and staring into Rusty’s raw baby-buttocks face? (CBT) Jak tedy vydržel večer co večer až do noci v lokálech La Rue a El Marocco poslouchat k-k-klábosení Wild-woodové a mít pořád na očích Rustyho obličej jako opruzenou dětskou prdelku? [How, then, did he survive night after night in LaRue, El Morocco …] (143) Could he keep a straight face and act as if things were fine, while every word was being captured by a high-frequency mike in his briefcase? (GB) Dokáže se tvářit, jako by bylo všechno v nejlepším pořádku, ačkoli celý rozhovor bude nahrávat vysokofrekvenční mikrofon, který mu dali do aktovky? [Is he able to keep a straight face and act as if things were fine …] Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University Olomouc 50 (144) Could he swap letters with Spicer as if nothing had changed, knowing that the mail was being monitored? (GB) Dokáže si jako by nic vyměnit se Spicerem poštu, když ví, že všechny dopisy prohlížejí? [Did he manage to swap letters with Spicer as if nothing had changed, knowing that the mail was being monitored?] (145) Could he do it again? (GP) Dokáže to znovu? [Does he manage it again?] (146) How many times could he lie to himself? (GT) Kolikrát už sám sobě lhal? [How many times did he lie to himself?] (147) How could he do that with just a look? (LLS) Jak je možné, že na ni tak působí pouhý jeho pohled? [How is it possible that he impresses her with just a look?] (148) How could he? (SHT) „Jak je to možné?” ptala jsem se sama sebe. [“How is it possible?” I asked myself.] Download 0.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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