Willis Edmondson was Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hamburg University. His research interests included language teaching and learning, English studies and pragmatics. He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley). Juliane House is Professor Emerita at Hamburg University and Professor at the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics. She is also Distinguished University Professor at Hellenic American University. Juliane is Past President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. Daniel Kadar is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (M.A.E.). He is Professor and Director of Research Centre at Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Research Professor at the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.