The article pays special attention to a typology of texts that meets the requirements of the translation process and applies to all types of texts encountered in practice is an indispensable prerequisite for an objective assessment of translations. By analyzing the text, the translator determines which type of text he has to translate in order to avoid the translation based on incorrect criteria. German translator O.Kade believes that a wide range of different “genres of texts” is determined by the content, purpose and form of the text. Already the variety of texts of different nature, as he claims, makes us conclude that there cannot be a single scheme or model of translation for all genres of text.