Facebook apologises after vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as “Mr Shithole” in posts on Facebook when translated into English from Burmese.

YANGON - Facebook Inc said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appeared as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offence caused and saying the problem had been fixed.

It was not clear how long the issue had lasted but Google’s translation function did not show the same error. “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,” a spokesperson for the tech company said in a statement.

 

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