At WordCamp US 2017, I took the stage to argue that it’s time that WordPress enables translators to add gender-variable translations, and that we can do this in a way compatible with our existing translation ecosystem.
The slides:
A couple of days later, during contributor day, I was joined by several amazing WordPress (and GlotPress) contributors, and we firmed the proposal which is now up on trac.
Relevant links
- UNESCO’s Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language (pdf)
- Grammatical Gender on Wikipedia
