A new gender neutral title 'Mx' is to join the honorifics 'Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms' on driving licences and other official documents, the first change to officially recognised titles in decades.
一个新中性性别称呼Mx将要加入“先生(Mr),夫人(Mrs),小姐(Miss),还有女士(Ms)的行列,上榜驾驶证还有其他的官方文件抬头,这是几十年来的第一次变革,官方承认了这个称谓。
Royal Mail, high street banks, government departments and some universities all now accept Mx which is used by transgender people or other individuals who do not identify with a particular gender.
英国皇家邮政、英国街头分行,政府部门还有一些大学如今都接受Mx这个称呼前缀——Mx是对跨性别者和其他有性别认知障碍个人的称呼。
The title has been added, without fanfare, to official forms and databases and is under consideration by the Oxford English Dictionary for inclusion in its next edition.
没有敲锣打鼓的大肆宣扬,这个称呼就这么(默默地)新增了:牛津英语词典会考虑增添到下一版的官方版本和数据库当中。
Assistant editor of the dictionary, Johnathan Dent, was quoted by the Sunday Times as saying the move towards Mx was a sign of the English language's ability to adapt to an ever-changing society.He explained it was the first time in recent history that commonly used and accepted titles had changed.
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