Reiss and Vermeer's elusive 6-step-theory is little helpful, as it is a confusing collection of mathematical formulae; their idea of skopos is, however, one clear basis for any kind of translation. / Holz-Manttari's ways of describing a message's course via a translator and/or "Botschaftstrager" and its reception in different "worlds" serves well for the topic of localization but is not necessarily the best theoretical basis for a translation as her complex notion of "Botschaftstragerkonzeption," even if with a clear aim, is not easy to elaborate. / Nord's point of view that a text does not...