Subtly Sexist Sources: What’s a Woke Translator to Do? 10 Practical Pointers for into-English Translators Recurso electrónico
- Alexandria, VA American Translator Association january-february 2022
- p. 16-18
- Bimonthly
- The ATA Chronicle : number 1, volume LI, Jan/Feb 2022 vol. 51; n. 1 .
First things first: everyone is sexist. According to a 2020 gender study by the United Nations Development Programme, “close to 90% of men and women hold some sort of bias against women.”1 Sticking people into neat categories is a subconscious strategy that served our ancient ancestors in the survival-of-the-fittest scenarios they faced. But the world is evolving, and we should be too.