Directions for translation may in principle apply to all languages or may be language-specific. General guidelines for all languages are discussed in a separate document. Special guidelines which apply to Zhezhong Yuyan (普通话) in particular concern the translation of the words and phrases in the table below.

A hyphen indicates a syllable division in Pinyin (instead of an apostrophe), as in shí-èr (instead of shí'èr). The character 他 should be used in a gender-transcending way only, and not to denote a male exclusively.

The term Metric (World) Calendar may be translated as 公制世界日历 (Gōngzhì Shìjiè Rìlì) or as 公世日历 (Gōng Shì Rìlì). The system for naming the thirteen Metric months can be the same as the numerical system used for naming the months of traditional, lunar or solar calendars in Zhezhong Yuyan. If confusion is to be avoided, (公)世 may be added, as in (公)世十一月 (Gōng Shì Shíyīyuè).

The translation proposed for the title Person is 位人 (wèirén) by analogy with 个人 (gèrén) meaning individual, 本人 (běnrén) meaning in person and 夫人 (fūrén) meaning Mrs or Madame.

Those who are interested in the reasons for selecting or not (yet) selecting particular translations may find some useful background information in (incomplete) semi-private files such as:

• , for the translation of words and phrases related to the new World Calendar
• , for the translation of (other) words and phrases from the Model of Neutral-Inclusivity
• , for the translation of a few names from Deze Taal
• , for the possible translation of neutralistic morphemes and the characters which could be used to represent them
• , for the translation of the word sibling in the gender-neutral and -transcending sense of sibling of the (Ana)norm

At the moment all the terms in the following table are from the TRINPsite has with information on where they are explained or found in the Model, and on how they are pronounced in This Language.

MODEL TERMS IN TRANSLATION