October 26, 2017
Illiterate Facebook translation earns Palestinian arrest for 4 hrs
Jack Kemp
Well,
it seems that Mark Zuckerberg's translation software show some staff
member to be a maabool (fool, in Arabic) and possibly majnoon
(possessed by demons, in Arabic). I know a number of other expressions
in Arabic that I picked up in Israel that are being said now about
Facebook. But we cannot post them on the Aviary.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/25/israel-police-arrest-palestinian-man-after-facebook-translates-good-morning-as-attack-them/
A Palestinian man was arrested by Israel police after Facebook interpreted his status update incorrectly.
Read the rest at The Blaze.
Well,
it seems that Mark Zuckerberg's translation software show some staff
member to be a maabool (fool, in Arabic) and possibly majnoon
(possessed by demons, in Arabic). I know a number of other expressions
in Arabic that I picked up in Israel that are being said now about
Facebook. But we cannot post them on the Aviary.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/25/israel-police-arrest-palestinian-man-after-facebook-translates-good-morning-as-attack-them/
Israel police arrest Palestinian man after Facebook translates ‘good morning’ as ‘attack them’
A Palestinian man was arrested by Israel police after Facebook interpreted his status update incorrectly.
Read the rest at The Blaze.
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