| Text type | expressive | informative | vocative |
| Text core | source text and author | truth | reader |
| Language orientation | source language | target language | target language |
| Topic style | personal | subjective | imperative and persuasive |
| Language type | rhetorical | descriptive | imperative and persuasive |
| Author’s status | sacred | anonymous | anonymous |
| Translation method | literal translation | equivalent translation | equivalent production |