Sexist drafting and translation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
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Title: | Sexist drafting and translation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU |
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Authors: | Lopez-Medel, Maria |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación |
Keywords: | Sexist drafting | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU | Translation |
Knowledge Area: | Traducción e Interpretación |
Issue Date: | 23-Jun-2022 |
Publisher: | Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
Citation: | Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos. 2022, 28(1): 157-172 |
Abstract: | The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (adopted in 2000 and legally binding since 2009) was the object of criticism during its process of drafting, among other issues, on gender grounds for the use of sexist language, the lack of gender mainstreaming, and not having a clearer stance on the support of equality between women and men. This article lists the main amendments that were submitted in this respect. The final version of the Charter was modified to eliminate sexist language in the original English text but not in other language versions, as we will see in the analysis. Based on the European Institute for Gender Equality’s definition of non-sexist use of language as the avoidance of ambiguous masculine gender, we will highlight the appearance of so-called generic masculine in the Charter’s versions in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Finally, a proposal of non-sexist Spanish translation is included with the hope to demonstrate the functional adequacy, simplicity and need to implement non-sexist translation and drafting of an EU text. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/124437 |
ISSN: | 1133-1127 | 2340-8561 (Internet) |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Esta obra está bajo licencia internacional Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObrasDerivadas 4.0. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/1408 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - INCOGNITO - Artículos de Revistas Personal Investigador sin Adscripción a Grupo |
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