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signup/subtitle_invite gender problem #200

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darkmorgoth-fl opened this issue May 14, 2018 · 1 comment
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signup/subtitle_invite gender problem #200

darkmorgoth-fl opened this issue May 14, 2018 · 1 comment

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@darkmorgoth-fl
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I've managed to avoid gender-specificity so far (I will be requesting a medal, it's not that easy in Polish!), but I'm totally at loss for "%{name} invited you to join FetLife." in signup/subtitle_invite.

Proper translation would require either the gender of the person who invited you ("%{name} zaprosił(a) Cię na FetLife") or, using the passive form, the gender of the person being invited ("Zostałaś/eś zaproszona/y na FetLife przez %{name}"). Since the latter isn't available yet, is it possible to obtain the gender of the person who is inviting? Otherwise I'll have to stick with the slightly awkward "zaprosił(a)".

For Polish, the gender can be:

  • feminine
  • masculine
  • neutral (this would imply the person who is inviting is not a person but an object, it's not normally used in such context but could be fun for someone who's into objectification or for Gorean kajiras)
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fwolfst commented Jun 24, 2019

Is there an equivalent of

  • "The person by the name '%{name}' invited you to join FetLife."
  • "You have been invited by the person with the name ... to join FetLife."
    ?

This circumvents also changing norms that include non-dual-gender users in the future (in Germany, I have the impression that the approaches change rapidly and preferred solutions change often at the moment).

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