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Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by ExAngel007(f): 1:38pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
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. 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. http://saharareporters.com/2020/01/19/facebook’s-auto-translation-changes-name-chinese-president-shithole |
Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by NaijaDonCast(m): 1:54pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
since facebook is owned by an American dont be suprise if' Nancy Pelosi decides to blame Trump for this, another evidence for the trash bin bound impeachment trial |
Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by Bola146(f): 2:11pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by Nobody: 2:18pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
Donald Ikechukwu Trump sef! Wetin Facebook no go see for Google translator. 1 Like
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Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by kestolove95(m): 2:28pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
Na Buhari name bdat.. mr shithole |
Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by Georgry(m): 2:57pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
Which kind of cheating be this na? Mr shithole is the name of our President, why give it out to someone else? 1 Like |
Re: Facebook Mistakenly Calls Chinese Leader 'Mr Shithole' (photo) by GEOANDSONS: 3:38pm On Jan 19, 2020 |
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