I was responsible for creating and delivering a workshop with our internal localization agents to raise awareness and think of ways we could apply Gender Inclusive Language to our games, and discuss the challenges each language would pose.
- Responsibilities: Instructional Design, Graphic Design, Workshop Delivery
- Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop, Miro, Zoom
- Target Audience: Localization agents
Overview
With the goal of having more inclusive games and communicating without excluding any group, our team started applying gender-inclusive language to our games, to not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender, or gender identity and not perpetuate gender stereotypes.
Not only focusing on how to apply gender-inclusive language to gendered languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, and others where nouns and pronouns have a gender, the workshop aimed to promote tolerant and inclusive communication for all languages when adapting the English-based content.
Since I worked as a Localization agent in the past, I was able to put myself in their shoes when deciding on the workshop structure and content. I created a series of exercises and group activities using Zoom breakout rooms to map and discuss the challenges and opportunities each language would face.
I also used my graphic design background to build a fun and functional Miro board, with a cohesive and on-brand visual identity.
Results & Takeaways
Following the workshop, 84% of participants reported increased confidence in applying inclusive language to their localization work. The discussions and exercises led to the creation of revised guidelines for gender-inclusive localization, now serving as a reference across teams.
