In this issue: Julia Harwardt, Senior Editor and Translator<\/p>\n
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To be kinder and more generous, not just to others but also to myself. It\u2019s in times like these that we really notice how quick we are to voice such big ideas but then how we often end up doing quite the opposite. That\u2019s an area where I\u2019m striving for self-improvement.<\/p>\n
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Many of the experiences and observations that my colleagues have already talked about in their interviews are, of course, also familiar to me. A more recent development is gender-neutral language, which, in the spirit of diversity, I personally very much welcome and try to apply both in private and in professional contexts. Here\u2019s just one example: in German, all nouns are gendered, so you have Mitarbeiter (male employees) and Mitarbeiterinnen (female employees). When talking about a mixed-gender group of employees, the default solution has always been to use the generic masculine. Now, though, there\u2019s a shift towards using an inclusive, neutral term \u2013 Mitarbeitende. This might seem like a small step, but it\u2019s definitely a step in the right direction. I\u2019m not quite clued up on all the different permutations of gender-sensitive or gender-inclusive language yet, but I\u2019m working on it.<\/p>\n
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