Trpný rod v odborných textech. Srovnání anglických odborných textů a jejich ekvivalentů

The bachelor thesis deals with the description and comparison of the passive voice in English and Czech language. The thesis is divided into two parts. The aim of the theoretical part is to describe the formation and functions of the passive voice, both in English and Czech, with respect to its usage in the scientific writing. The practical part works with the corpus of English scientific texts and their equivalent translations into Czech. The purpose of the practical part is to demonstrate on the examples found in the corpus the main types and functions of the passive voice and to show the different usage and distribution of the passive voice in English scientific texts in comparison with their Czech translations.