What English Translation Equivalents Can Reveal about the Czech “Modal” Particle prý: A Cross-Register Study

Abstract

… A tvrdí se, že Lily a James Potterovi jsou jsou – že prý jsou mrtví. 'And it is claimed that Lily and James Potter are are – that they PRÝ are dead.'. Correspondences such as (19), where prý is in fact added (or omitted) in the translation, since the Czech sentence contains another …