> Should all pronouns in the translated text be either a "he", a "she" or a "they"? Wouldn't that still be considered "biased"?
The proffered solution is to use singular "they" of course. Trouble is, people don't talk like that and so from a language-is-as-it-used perspective (descriptivist), always using singular "they" makes your translation worse.
I would offer a solution like this: allow the person using the translation program to specify pronoun rules.
The proffered solution is to use singular "they" of course. Trouble is, people don't talk like that and so from a language-is-as-it-used perspective (descriptivist), always using singular "they" makes your translation worse.
I would offer a solution like this: allow the person using the translation program to specify pronoun rules.