"Před Žofií seděl vysoký muž v klobouku."

Translation: There was a tall man in a hat sitting in front of Žofie.

[Kiki685123]

Why is 'a tall man in a hat was sitting in front of zofie' wrong?

[BoneheadBass]

"A tall man in a hat was sitting in front of Zofie" is accepted. But there is a report in the system, which came in about the time of your post, for "a tall man WITH a hat was sitting In front of zofie," which is not accepted.

[Willem380762]

Why is with a hat not accepted

[VladaFu]

You must report the complete sentence.

[Willem380762]

A tall man with a hat was sitting in front of Zofie

[VladaFu]

There was a long, now deleted, discussion about the diference between "in a hat" and "with a hat". I will just say that "with a hat" is "s kloboukem" and "in a hat" is "v klobouku".

[IngridLind18]

Would "wearing a hat" be OK?

[BoneheadBass]

My perspective, as a native English speaker and a fellow learner of Czech, is that, because the original sentence very clearly says v klobouku ("in a hat") and does not contain a "wearing" verb, your suggestion doesn't quite fit the original Czech. It is not currently accepted. IMO, it 's always a good idea to stick close to the original, unless the resulting translation would be very strange in the other language,

[IngridLind18]

Ok, I was considering that but as I am not a native English speaker I found "in a hat" a bit strange. My English is also improving in this way.