Features of the transmission of modality in political journalism

the phenomenon of modality has been stirring the minds of scientists for many years, causing a lot of discussions and disputes. There are different points of view, as well as definitions of the concept of "modality". This article will examine different views on the term "modality", the means of expressing modality in language, as well as ways of transferring modality from Russian to English in journalistic texts on political subjects. Special attention will be paid to the analysis of examples illustrating how the use of a particular transfer method affects the accuracy of the transmission of modality. The purpose of this work is to establish the specifics of the techniques and techniques used by translators to transfer modality into Russian in media texts on political topics. The material for the study was articles on political topics from magazines and newspapers.

modality, means of expressing modality, modal verbs, Intrinsic modality, Extrinsic modality, Epistemic modality, Root / ground modality