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Remove Gendersternchen and use generic masculine #5

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@geek-42 geek-42 commented Jan 23, 2022

closes #4

As suggested by @brianjrobertson, this translation uses standard legal German:

And beyond that, all of the recent posts leave me feeling quite confident that the best approach here for the goals/needs of the constitution is to completely ignore the politics and broader cultural issues at play to the fullest extent possible, and do whatever a typical lawyer in the culture would do by default if drafting a legal document for a client with absolutely zero regard for any cultural sensitivity or cultural change/evolution goals whatsoever

See also my final comment in the related issue.

Note: I have created a python script to remove the gendersternchen automatically. Therefore, the result needs manual review (I am programmer and not translator 😉).

Note: The text may need a preamble explaining that the generic masculine is used for readability and simplicity and that it is meant to be inclusive....

closes holacracyone#4

[As suggested](holacracyone#4 (comment)) by @brianjrobertson, this translation uses standard legal German:

> And beyond that, all of the recent posts leave me feeling quite confident that the best approach here for the goals/needs of the constitution is to completely ignore the politics and broader cultural issues at play to the fullest extent possible, and do whatever a typical lawyer in the culture would do by default if drafting a legal document for a client with absolutely zero regard for any cultural sensitivity or cultural change/evolution goals whatsoever 

See also [my final comment](holacracyone#4 (comment)) in the related issue


**Note**: I have created [a python  script to remove the gendersternchen](https://gist.github.com/geek-42/e1851d26e24a07646e8f0f486fa12f30)  automatically. Therefore, the result needs manual review (I am programmer and not translator 😉).

**Note**: The text may need a preamble explaining that the generic masculine is used for readability and simplicity and that it is meant to be inclusive....
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geek-42 commented Jan 24, 2022

For those not familiar with github, here is the fixed version of the translation: https://github.com/geek-42/Holacracy-Constitution-5.0-GERMAN/blob/patch-1/Holacracy-Verfassung.md

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Provide a version of the German constitution using standard German (without Gendersternchen).
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