Sascha Ranke 
The English and German Passive and its Use in the Translation of Novels [PDF ebook] 

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies – Linguistics, grade: 2, 0, University of Hannover (English Seminar), course: Contrastive Linguistics, language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes differences and similarities in the usage of passive constructions in German and English and its usage in Novels and their translations