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Facebook blames 'technical error' for Xi Jinping offensive name translation gaffe
Guardian ^
| Sun 19 Jan 2020 02.30 GMT
| Reuters
Posted on 01/18/2020 8:02:16 PM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
Facebook has blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing 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.
The error came to light on the second day of a visit by the president to Myanmar, where Xi and state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi signed dozens of agreements covering massive Beijing-backed infrastructure plans.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; kag; maga; trump
To: HK_Kai_Chung
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:07:01 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
Not so much a “technical error” as a happy coincidence.
To: HK_Kai_Chung
Any discussion of its accuracy is punishable by a stint in a forced labor camp.
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:11:36 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: HK_Kai_Chung
Of all the mistranslations that could happen ...
To: HK_Kai_Chung
FB is the left. They will skate.
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:14:21 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:18:56 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: HK_Kai_Chung
And how does one know that Xi in Burmese does Not mean sh**hole?
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:29:27 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
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posted on
01/18/2020 8:44:46 PM PST
by
Amberdawn
(Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
Did it translate Kim Il Jung as “Mr. Weenie Weiner”?
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posted on
01/18/2020 9:05:55 PM PST
by
lightman
(The Millenials are asleep in their "wokeness".)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
This is the original facebook post with English translation:
To: HK_Kai_Chung
“Technical error”.
Um, yeah, right.
After what Pelosi said the other day, I wonder if there is somebody doing something intentional here.
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posted on
01/18/2020 9:37:30 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
At least the translation wasn’t Winnie the Pooh.
To: HK_Kai_Chung
“Mr Shithole” Well, I guess that *kind of* resembles Winnie-The-Pooh...
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posted on
01/18/2020 10:30:01 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
Re: signed dozens of agreements covering massive Beijing-backed infrastructure plans.
If Myanmar had the rule of law and enforceable contracts, they could have signed massive infrastructure agreements with private investors in the USA and Europe two centuries ago.
To: HK_Kai_Chung
The Chinese call him Panda Face
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posted on
01/19/2020 1:00:32 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: HK_Kai_Chung
This story had me laughing so hard, I had tears.
Thank you for posting this. Truly funny!
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posted on
01/19/2020 7:39:08 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
“I shouldn’t have a rainbow in Myanmar”
LOL
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posted on
01/19/2020 7:42:55 AM PST
by
moovova
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