Bělíková Zuzana The Modal Verb Could and its Equivalents in Translation
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6.4.2 Could Forget • The subcorpus: American Fiction after 1950 • The occurrences of could forget: 9 There are only 9 samples of the collocation could forget in the subcorpus. Only 3 of them have different equivalents of could forget, which disprove the argument again. (243) And you could forget a motorcycle. (BHD) A úplně zapomeňte na motorku. [And you forget a motorcycle.] (244) As if I could forget. (GSL) Na to se nedá zapomenout. [It is not possible to forget it.] Six sentences carry modality expressed by could and its primary meaning. (245) Who could forget? (FP) Kdo by na něj mohl zapomenout? (246) He had used it to create dreamscapes where he could forget his fears and loneliness for a while. (KFA) Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University Olomouc 70 Naučil se vytvářet sny, v nichž mohl přechodně zapomenout na svou osamělost a úzkost. 6.4.3 Could Understand • The subcorpus: American Fiction after 1950 • The occurrences of could understand: 23 There are 23 occurrences of could understand in the subcorpus. Five of them (c. 22%) express modality by could and its primary meaning but the majority of sentences omit could in Czech translation. This result proves the argument above. (247) If Mom and Dad were my children, whom I'd created out of nothing without asking their permission, I could understand being responsible for them. (FC) Kdyby máma a táta byli moje děti, které jsem vytvořil z ničeho a ani se jich nezeptal na dovolení, chápal bych , že vůči nim mám nějakou odpovědnost. (248) In the West Indies or Hawaii, maybe, I could understand it, but it's winter here. (HSL) Na West Indies nebo na Havaji bych to chápal, ale tady je přece zima. (249) From what he could see, he could understand why. (BC) Z toho, co viděl, chápal proč. [From what he saw, he understood why.] (250) I explained it to him very carefully, and it was something he could understand. (CBT) Pečlivě jsem mu to vysvětlila, a nakonec to přece pochopil. [I explained it to him very carefully, and it was something he understood.] (251) I could understand their reluctance. (GSL) Docela jsem takovou neochotu chápal. [I understood their reluctance.] |
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