diff --git a/src/eoatex2imxml.py b/src/eoatex2imxml.py
index 6b78a57..784079a 100755
--- a/src/eoatex2imxml.py
+++ b/src/eoatex2imxml.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2020-04-08 19:03:16 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2020-04-29 13:30:07 (kthoden)>
 
 """
 Converts Latex files into a customized DocBook XML file.
@@ -1069,6 +1069,24 @@ def process_references(xmlTree):
             pass
 # def process_references ends here
 
+
+def process_pararefs(xmlTree):
+    """Write parallel text information into paragraph tag."""
+
+    pararefs = xmlTree.xpath("//EOApararef")
+    for pararef in pararefs:
+        pararef_attributes = pararef.attrib
+        para_parent = pararef.xpath("./ancestor::p")[0]
+        # this shortcut does not seem to work
+        # libeoaconvert.transfer_xml_attributes(pararef, para_parent)
+        for attrib in pararef_attributes:
+            print(attrib)
+            para_parent.attrib[attrib] = pararef_attributes[attrib]
+
+        pararef.tag = "elementtobestripped"
+# def process_pararefs ends here
+
+
 ##############################################################
 #                  Preparing the Bibliography                #
 ##############################################################
@@ -1294,6 +1312,7 @@ def add_bibliography_to_xml(
 
 process_references(xmlTree)
 
+process_pararefs(xmlTree)
 
 xmlChapters = xmlTree.findall("//div1")