Bug 25446

Summary: Terminology: Replace relatives by other term? (family members, group members...)
Product: Koha Reporter: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer>
Component: TemplatesAssignee: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: aude.charillon, caroline.cyr-la-rose, oleonard
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Description Katrin Fischer 2020-05-10 11:51:26 UTC
I've been wondering if relatives is a good term to use in Koha context. In times where families are not all related to each other, maybe using another term would be nicer and more inclusive?
Comment 1 Caroline Cyr La Rose 2024-01-03 14:51:53 UTC
Linked accounts maybe?

If we want to change relatives, I would avoid anything family related.

Although there is no way that I know of to link accounts without the guarantor/guarantee relationship.
Comment 2 Aude Charillon 2024-01-04 17:26:08 UTC
I've seen the term "Linked accounts" used elsewhere and it works.

I quite like "relatives" because I tend to interpret it in a wider sense - people who have some relation to each other - rather than as "blood relatives". But a native English speaker may have a different point of view!
Comment 3 Katrin Fischer 2024-01-04 17:37:24 UTC
(In reply to Aude Charillon from comment #2)
> I've seen the term "Linked accounts" used elsewhere and it works.
> 
> I quite like "relatives" because I tend to interpret it in a wider sense -
> people who have some relation to each other - rather than as "blood
> relatives". But a native English speaker may have a different point of view!

Hi Aude, that's interesting! I didn't look at it like that, as I automatically "translate" it to another term in German. Maybe we should consider using a different German translation :) I'd also be interested to get some native speaker opinions.