Veljka Ruzicka Kenfel is full professor in German studies at the University of Vigo (Spain). Her publications deal with critical studies of German children’s literature, including literary and audiovisual translations and adaptations into Spanish. She is responsible for the research group "Anglo-German Children’s Literature and its Translation" at the University of Vigo, co-founder of the research association on children’s literature ANILIJ, and co-editor of the journal on children’s literature Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.Juliane House is Professor Emerita, Hamburg University, Distinguished Professor Hellenic American University, Honorary Visiting Professor Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Past President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. She has published widely on translation, contrastive pragmatics, discourse, politeness and English as a global language.She is co-editor of the journal Contrastive Pragmatics.