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Facebook Calls Chinese Leader ‘mr Shithole’ by Naijanewsgist00: 9:18am On Jan 19, 2020 |
Facebook calls Chinese leader ‘Mr Shithole’ Facebook on Saturday January 18, apologized over a technical error which translated Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name from Burmese to English as “Mr Shithole”. The error was pointed out on the Facebook page of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in a post that recounted her meeting with Mr Xi during his state visit to Myanmar. Click here for latest news The Asian leaders signed dozens of agreements, covering massive Beijing-backed infrastructure plans. Though it is not clear how long the error lasted, a quick check revealed that Google’s translation function did not show the same error. Facebook’s translation into English referred to Mr Xi as “Mr Sh*thole” six separate times in the post. The translation read in parts; “Mr Sh*thole, President of China, arrives at 4pm. “Consultant Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is friendly. And the president of China, Mr Sh*thole, signed a guest record of the house of representatives.” However reacting to the error in a statement made available to The Independent, a Facebook spokesperson said they are doing everything to fix the error as quickly as possible. The Facebook spokesperson said; “We are aware of an issue regarding Burmese to English translations on Facebook, and we’re doing everything we can to fix this as quickly as possible. “This issue is not a reflection of the way our products should work and we sincerely apologise for the offence this has caused.” It was further gathered that the Facebook_system does not have President Xi Jinping’s name in its Burmese database which guessed the translation. Facebook is blocked in mainland China, but it is not blocked in Hong Kong. Mainland companies advertise elsewhere on the platform, making China’s Facebook the biggest for revenue after the United States. >>> https://www.naijanewsgist.com/entertainment-news/facebook-chinese-leader-mr-shithole/ |
Re: Facebook Calls Chinese Leader ‘mr Shithole’ by yanabasee(m): 9:22am On Jan 19, 2020 |
It would not have been a mistake if it were to be one Daura man like that... It'd been a perfect description. |
Re: Facebook Calls Chinese Leader ‘mr Shithole’ by Bluezy13(m): 9:36am On Jan 19, 2020 |
Hehehe... Some Chinese already adopted the moniker |
Re: Facebook Calls Chinese Leader ‘mr Shithole’ by Parablesonmarble: 10:13am On Jan 19, 2020 |
It's not a mistake. It is deliberate. The question is were they hacked or was someone messing around while developing translation software? |
Re: Facebook Calls Chinese Leader ‘mr Shithole’ by igbesachick: 10:40am On Jan 19, 2020 |
call him by his real name, is this wrong? he is a shithole, what else can we call him by? a small grammatic glitch should be allowed . china is a shithole, chinese leader is an asshole. |
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