This workshop tests the validity of a hypothesis, namely the possible existence of a hybrid text.
Hybrid texts are a feature of contemporary intercultural communication.
They result from cultures and languages being in contact. A hybrid text is a text that results from a translation process. These features, however, are not the result of a lack of translational competence or examples of 'translationese', but they are evidence of conscious and deliberate decisions by the translator. A distinction can be made between text types for which models already exist in the target culture, and text types which are introduced into the target culture only through translation. The increasing internationalisation of communication processes breaks down text type areas.