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I know that generally あなた shouldn't be used when referring to superiors.
However, I find it difficult to rephrase the following sentences which refer
to a superior using あなた in an indirect manner:

> 彼はあなたが日本語の先生だと言いました。  
>  He said you are a Japanese teacher.  
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> あなたが日本語の先生だそうです。  
>  It is said you are a Japanese teacher.

Are there alternative ways to phrase such sentences which are more natural or
is using あなた here acceptable?
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pronouns second-person-pronouns
Is it acceptable to use あなた when referring to a superior indirectly?
That's exactly what 敬語(尊敬語・謙譲語) is for... ^^

> 日本語を教えて **いらっしゃる** そうですね。
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> 日本語の先生を **なさっている** そうですね。
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> 日本語の先生で **いらっしゃる** と **うかがいました** or **お聞きしました** 。
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> 日本語の先生をして **いらっしゃる** と、XXさんから **うかがいました** or **お聞きしました** 。

「あなた」などの人称代名詞の代わりに、尊敬語・謙譲語を使って表現しましょう ^^
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In the cases as you quote, we usually use a title or courtesy title such as
Bûcho, Senpai, Sensei,Goshujin, Okusama, Oniisan(sama), Danna, Master, etc,
instead of calling the counterpart “Anata.” It is considered to be more polite
than calling the senior person あなた ー You.
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