Re: [ejlist] DIE SCHERE 42 - the gender of prenouns

[Wahe@aol.com]

So apparently the answer is "it depends".

Maybe you noticed that in our three translations of the sentence

Bei der Selbstbegegnung sieht die Person sich aus einiger Entfernung und 
momentan.

everyone of us chose a different gender for the prenoun _sich_:

Günter and Gary:
In a self-encounter a person sees himself from a certain
distance and for a moment.

Andre-Paul:
In the self-encountering, the person is seeing herself
in some distance and momentarily.

and myself:
While meeting oneself, the person sees itself from a distance and 
momentarily.

I am asking again, are all three versions correct in that respect or only one 
of them ? The prenoun refers to _person_ which could be a man or a woman. 
(I just want to learn something).

Greetings

Walter