The Author: Jutta Muschard was born in 1945. She has been working as a self-employed translator for more than twenty years. In 1995 she graduated from the University of Hannover where she majored in English and Romance linguistics.

• Contents: Brief introduction into the development of translation studies - Outline of Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory - Presentation of Gutt's study of translation in a relevance-theoretical framework - Evaluation of this study in the light of already existing translations of a legal text and a literary text - Notes on relevance-related issues such as logical and encyclopaedic entries for mental concepts.

The Author: Jutta Muschard was born in 1945. She has been working as a self-employed translator for more than twenty years. In 1995 she graduated from the University of Hannover where she majored in English and Romance linguistics.

• Contents: Brief introduction into the development of translation studies - Outline of Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory - Presentation of Gutt's study of translation in a relevance-theoretical framework - Evaluation of this study in the light of already existing translations of a legal text and a literary text - Notes on relevance-related issues such as logical and encyclopaedic entries for mental concepts.

The Author: Jutta Muschard was born in 1945. She has been working as a self-employed translator for more than twenty years. In 1995 she graduated from the University of Hannover where she majored in English and Romance linguistics.

• Contents: Brief introduction into the development of translation studies - Outline of Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory - Presentation of Gutt's study of translation in a relevance-theoretical framework - Evaluation of this study in the light of already existing translations of a legal text and a literary text - Notes on relevance-related issues such as logical and encyclopaedic entries for mental concepts.