Replace asterisk with double colon for gender-neutral representation in German translation

[ravage84]

Copy of Replace asterisk with double colon for gender-neutral representation in German translation since I seem to need to ask in a community forum to get feedback from the corporate developers.

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As a German-speaking user of Passbolt, I propose to replace the use of the asterisk sign * with the double colon : for gender-neutral representation in German translation strings solely to improve the readability.

There are four popular ways to (more or less) write German with gender-neutrality in mind.

Each with an example:

• Alex hat gerade ihr*sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr/sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr:sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr_sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!

Of these, the currently chosen asterisk is evidently the least readable one. It is recommended to use the double colon:

Der sogenannte Gender:Doppelpunkt ist die jüngste Form der gendergerechten Schreibweise und gilt als leser:innenfreundlicher als Sternchen oder Unterstrich. Zudem ist er inklusiver, da er von Sprachausgabeprogrammen für Blinde oder Menschen mit Sehbehinderung am besten wiedergegeben werden kann, indem für den Doppelpunkt eine kurze Sprechpause eingefügt wird.

UEbersicht_gendern.docx.pdf

Which version would you prefer?

• Alex hat gerade ihr*sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr/sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr:sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!
• Alex hat gerade ihr_sein Konto bei Passwort aktiviert!

[clayton]

Hey @ravage84 welcome to the forum!

The official policy is that it should be gender neutral, but we haven’t explicitly outlined how thing should look for every language. This is something generally best left up to the native speakers of the language. Since it looks like there are 4 ways to do this in German that you have highlighted I’ve added a poll to your post so we can see what others would prefer.

Since translations are community driven this seems like the best option, then it would be up to someone to make the changes in crowdin once we have an idea of what is preferred by most

[Wayne]

@clayton

The official policy is that it should be gender neutral, but we haven’t explicitly outlined how thing should look for every language. This is something generally best left up to the native speakers of the language. Since it looks like there are 4 ways to do this in German that you have highlighted I’ve added a poll to your post so we can see what others would prefer.

Since translations are community driven this seems like the best option, then it would be up to someone to make the changes in crowdin once we have an idea of what is preferred by most

nobody in our company wants to use this gender language. it must be possible to provide a language that is not gendered.
We have done a survey in our company to find out whether we want to use this language or not. We received 100% votes (from 43 people) not to use this language.