In some languages (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic,) it makes a difference if the speaker or person being spoken to is male or female. MS translator currently assumes that both are male, creating wrong translations if either of the participants in the conversation are female. In other languages (e.g., German, Russian, Japanese) inappropriate translations will occur if the status of the participants is disregarded. These problems could be solved if the user could optionally select the gender and status of the participants in the conversation.