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English translation: sportsperson / competitor / participant / contestant

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Spanish term or phrase:	deportista
English translation:	sportsperson / competitor / participant / contestant
Entered by:	Nikki Graham

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10:09 Mar 9, 2005

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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Yachting

Spanish term or phrase: deportista

The problem is that the dictionaries give sportsMAN or sportsWOMAN - I am looking for a neutral term to avoid sexist stereotyping and worthless repetition. Any ideas?

neilmac KudoZ activity Questions: 1070 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (63 closed without grading) Answers: 2825 Spain
Local time: 07:43

competitor / participant / contestant / yachtsperson

Explanation:
Sportsperson / sportspeople (both one word) are politically correct, of course

More ideas: sailor / crew member

Ref: Oxford Thesaurus

Selected response from:

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43

Grading comment

OK, thanks to all for your input :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

sports enthusiasts/ athletes

sym

4 +1

sportsperson

Carla Griecco

4 +1

competitor / participant / contestant / yachtsperson

Nikki Graham

4 +1

sportsperson

Federica D'Alessio

yachtsman / sportsman / sailor / (see note)

skport

Athlete

Susan Andrew

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

sportsperson

Explanation:
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Reference: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sportsperson?view=uk
Reference: http://www.onelook.com/?w=sportsperson&ls=a

Carla Griecco
Brazil
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

sportsperson

Explanation:
My Cambridge Dictionary suggests thism but it's more referred to people which are quite good in their sports. Personally I don't like it so much, but I think it' that kind of neutral you're looking for.
HTH,

Federica

sportsperson [Show phonetics]
noun [C]
someone who plays sport, especially well:
He was voted Sportsperson of the Year.

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Note added at 25 mins (2005-03-09 10:34:39 GMT)
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What about SPORT LOVERS?

Federica D'Alessio
Italy
Local time: 07:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

competitor / participant / contestant / yachtsperson

Explanation:
Sportsperson / sportspeople (both one word) are politically correct, of course

More ideas: sailor / crew member

Ref: Oxford Thesaurus

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=20&hl=en&q=yachtsperson&m...

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

OK, thanks to all for your input :-)

1 hr confidence:

Athlete

Explanation:
This could be a possibility depending of course on what sport you're talking about.

Susan Andrew
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

16 hrs confidence:

sports enthusiasts/ athletes

Explanation:
..

sym
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 days3 hrs confidence:

yachtsman / sportsman / sailor / (see note)

Explanation:
In my opinion there is no way round it. My suggestion is to use the masculine term throughout and perhaps put a note the first time you use it explaining that the term will cover both men and women throughout the text. If your text is referring to yachting only, then I think 'yachtsman' is the best option.

I think that if you explain it, or even if you don't, the reader will understand that you mean both men and women and the text sounds more natural than putting two options every time, or using an unnatural sounding term like 'sportsperson', which may actually make the text more awkward to read, even if it is more politically correct.

skport
Brazil
Local time: 02:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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