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How to deal with gender-sensitive use of the German language?
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
May 18, 2022

See: https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/Geschlechtergerechter-Sprachgebrauch

You'll have to make some adjustments to your Preferences. Note that these are tied to Project Templates (if you use them).

Make sure that * _ : and / are removed from here:

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Add * _ : and / here:

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Restart CafeTran Espresso, now the term recognition works for gender-sensitive terms:

Vom amtlichen Regelwerk nicht abgedeckt sind Schreibweisen wie die folgenden:

mit Genderstern (Asterisk): Schüler*innen
mit Binnen-I (wortinterne Großschreibung): SchülerInnen
mit Gender-Gap (Unterstrich; Doppelpunkt): Schüler_innen; Schüler:innen
mit Schrägstrich ohne Ergänzungsstrich: Schüler/innen

Übersetzer*innen, ÜbersetzerInnen, Übersetzer_innen, Übersetzer:innen, Übersetzer/innen


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Note that you'll have to use a segmentation rule that doesn't create new segments after a colon.

[Edited at 2022-05-18 14:14 GMT]

Matthias Brombach
 
Gerard Barry
Gerard Barry
Germany
Local time: 12:22
German to English
. May 18, 2022

I'm not currently working as a translator but if I were I'd refuse as much as possible to translate texts that use so-called "gender-neutral" language.

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Wolfgang Schoene
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Marina Steinbach
 


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