Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Landlady vs Landlord
English answer:
lessor
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jarry (X)
May 15, 2006 16:48
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English term
Landlady vs Landlord
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
I am translating an apartment lease contract where the owner of the property is a woman, should I call call her landlord (or landlady) or is there any other (non-gender) term available?
Generally, what's the rule of thumb for similar situations?
Generally, what's the rule of thumb for similar situations?
Responses
| 4 +8 | lessor |
jarry (X)
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| 5 +4 | Landlady is fine |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 +5 | Property owner |
Will Matter
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| 3 +1 | landlord |
KNielsen
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+8
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lessor
As simple as that
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Lessor
Definition
An owner of property who rents it to another party, called a tenant. also called landlord.
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Lessor
Definition
An owner of property who rents it to another party, called a tenant. also called landlord.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
+4
5 mins
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Native in English
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English
Works in field
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28
Landlady is fine
Lots of hits on google
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Giulia Barontini
15 mins
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Roddy Stegemann
: That I may be clearer with my previous remark. For example, the word landlady could surely be used in a witness statement translated for a court proceedings, but is unlikely to be found in translated correspondence between a lawyer and the judge.
40 mins
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| agree |
Jack Doughty
1 hr
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| agree |
Christine Andersen
: Where thereis a particular person who happens to be a woman, the law is quite happy about 'she' and other indications of gender. For better or worse, men and women are different, and many women hate being regarded as a sub-variety of him or it!
1 hr
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Will Matter
: "Property owner" sidesteps this bothersome issue while remaining linguistically correct, as per the askers originally specified requirements.
1 hr
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| agree |
Asghar Bhatti
3 hrs
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| agree |
Tatiana Nero (X)
: legal texts ARE subject to political correctness. If the Lessor is a lady, she is a landlady, not landlord. Lessor also can be used.
3 hrs
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| disagree |
Richard Benham
: "Landlady" is just not idiomatic legalese. "Landlord" is fine, but "lessor" is better.
7 hrs
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+5
30 mins
Will Matter
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
Works in field
United States
proofreading/editing/research/security
Native in: English 
Works in: English, Japanese to English, zzz Other zzz to English, and 3 more.
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12
Property owner
If you want a term that is not gender-specific this is one term that you could use. Another slightly longer term would be "the owner of the property". Examples: "I negotiated a lease with the property owner" OR "I negotiated a lease with the owner of the property". The use of either phrase will allow you to be specific AND avoid any gender-related issues, if that is what you wish. HTH.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Roddy Stegemann
: Yes, this is quite appropriate.
15 mins
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Thank you.
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| agree |
Melanie Nassar
: I like this also, if for no other reason than landlord /landlady sound so terribly anachronistic
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Thank you.
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| agree |
conejo
: In a legal context, property owner is better. However, if it was a spoken context, people would say landlady.
2 hrs
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| agree |
KNielsen
6 hrs
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| agree |
Richard Benham
: This works, too. However, I like "lessor" better for legal contexts.
7 hrs
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7 hrs
landlord
I think "landlord" is fine as it is usually used as a generic term--ie, a landlord can be either male or female, but a landlady would only be female. Also, to my ears, "landlord" is possibly a little more formal, ie, you would only use "landlady" in spoken English.
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Benham
: To me, "landlady" conjures up images of a nice middle-aged woman running an English boarding-house, making cups of tea for the lodgers.... Usually the contracts are preprinted, with the word "landlord" followed by a space to fill in the name.
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Thanks, Richard! That is a nice cosy image, isn't it...Unfortunately, I've never experienced quite such a charming landlady, but undoubtedly they are out there! :-)
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