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Tips for handling inclusive language in MultiTerm (German-English)

Michael Bailey

An area that I need to look into as a translator in a government authority (DE > EN) is inclusive language, and am currently preparing for initial meetings with our diversity officer to try to understand what exactly the intention is, and to then also be able to apply it in regard to translation output.

Does anyone have any suggestions for approaches for handling inclusive language at term level in MultiTerm.

My initial approach without too much reading into the subject is a picklist with the options inclusive|non-inclusive and then using synonyms.

I could then apply this to QA rules (e.g. as per the way used in this thread - QA for forbidden terms)

Has anyone translating into or out of German any approach in MultiTerm for handling "gendergerechtes Schreiben" that might also be a proven approach? 

Any inputs gratefully received (and if this is in the wrong forum - please advise/move the thread).

Thanks! Michael
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    Hi

    I see no one has commented on your post.

    You are right in that if a particular term requires additional data and in your case inclusive|non-inclusive - amending the term definition can be done and this will tie in nicely with the QA.

    While I am sure more can be said on this topic you may have already had your meeting with your diversity officer. 
    If however discussions are still being had, do let me know and we can perhaps have a call to explore all options based on a deeper understanding of your requirements 

    Have a good day

    Lyds

    Oana Nagy | QA Engineer | RWS Group

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    Dear Lydia,

    Sorry that I never responded to you - I have now started receiving the first pieces that used inclusive terminology - my initial approach has been by amending the term definition for inclusive/non-inclusive. At the time being it is at quite a generic level (e.g. experts becoming Expert:innen and not Experten or ExpertInnen - i.e. using what German calls the Genderdoppelpunkt (gender colon) and not the Genderstern (gender asterisk)) I'll add a couple of screenshots to help others faced with a similar issue.
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    Dear Lydia,

    Sorry that I never responded to you - I have now started receiving the first pieces that used inclusive terminology - my initial approach has been by amending the term definition for inclusive/non-inclusive. At the time being it is at quite a generic level (e.g. experts becoming Expert:innen and not Experten or ExpertInnen - i.e. using what German calls the Genderdoppelpunkt (gender colon) and not the Genderstern (gender asterisk)) I'll add a couple of screenshots to help others faced with a similar issue.
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