[Foundation-l] Editors survey and gender

[Amir E. Aharoni]

I guess that if it's really impossible, we'll think about something,
but i'm just curious: What are the technical reasons? Does LimeSurvey
have a limited list of languages? Isn't it open source? Can't anyone
just add another language to the list, saying "Hebrew-feminine"?

2011/3/22 Mani Pande <mpande at wikimedia.org>:
> Hi Amir,
> I understand your concern. As a woman, I would not be happy to answer
> questions that are addressed to a man. But it is near impossible to have
> two versions of the survey in Hebrew due to technical reasons. Is it
> possible to rewrite questions with options for both gender? For example,
> he/she.
> Thanks
> Mani
>
> Mani Pande, PhD
> Head of Global Development Research
> Wikimedia Foundation
> Twitter: manipande
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>
>
> On 3/22/11 4:17 AM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
>> What i say here about Hebrew may be useful for many other languages, too.
>>
>> I am translating the Editors survey into Hebrew. The survey is written
>> as a long series of questions in the second person ("you"). In Hebrew
>> the second person is very gender-dependent - the wording is
>> significantly different for women. When translating MediaWiki
>> messages, we more or less manage to avoid it and though it's not
>> perfect and we should use {{GENDER}} more, it's not a disaster. In the
>> survey, however, it would be very, very bad with all the personal
>> questions about family life etc.
>>
>> It's not just a matter of being politically correct and welcoming -
>> the language simply doesn't natural.
>>
>> Would it be possible to have the Hebrew translation in the feminine
>> gender, too? The default can be masculine, but putting a button at the
>> beginning that opens another form in the feminine would be really
>> great. In the Meta talk page Casey said that it's not possible with
>> LimeSurvey, but i nevertheless want to try asking it again: Can i
>> write two versions of the survey, for example "Hebrew-masculine" and
>> "Hebrew-feminine" and let the reader switch it? The results can be
>> combined later.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the understanding.
>>
>> --
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