Didactics of Translation: Text in Context

Symmetrical situation: equal to equal

Language:
x Use of first person and second person pronouns
Absence of role relationship: The relationship between author and reader recedes into the background. The cognitive content predominates.
Language:
x Absence of first and second person pronouns
x Frequency of expanded (- human) noun phrases
x Use of verbs which merely signal logical connection and thus mainly point to other semantically more important words; they
heighten the impression of abstractness and impersonality.