[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm writing a story about a character who's in a bit of a tough spot and I want to make sure I'm conveying their thoughts accurately, so could you please help me translate the sentence 'I know it's illegal' into Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'I know it's illegal' in Italian is 'Io so che \u00e8 illegale.' However, a more common way to express this thought in Italian would be 'So che \u00e8 illegale' or simply 'Lo so, \u00e8 illegale'. But if you want to use the exact phrase you provided, the correct translation would indeed be 'Io so che \u00e8 illegale', not 'Io so che illegale' as the verb 'essere' is necessary in this context to make the sentence grammatically correct."}]