> 	I've seen "she" used frequently by people (some were women, and then I
> stopped bothering to check) in this regard. I don't know if it was
> naturally or with this in mind, but it didn't at all seem awkward except
> the first two times or so.

Gettext manual uses 'he' to refer to the programmer and 'she' to refer 
to the translator, just so they can conveniently use pronouns instead of 
repeating "the translator" over and over again. But they make it clear 
it's not racism:

"In this manual, we use 'he' when speaking of the programmer or 
maintainer, 'she' when speaking of the translator, and 'they' when 
speaking of the installers or end users of the translated program. This 
is only a convenience for clarifying the documentation. It is absolutely 
not meant to imply that some roles are more appropriate to males or 
females. Besides, as you might guess, GNU gettext is meant to be useful 
for people using computers, whatever their sex, race, religion or 
nationality!"

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