Google says it has fixed a bug in its translation software that converted “Russian Federation” into “Mordor,” a fictional region in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that has the nickname “Land of Shadow” and is home to the evil Sauron.
The automated translation tool also turned “Russians” into “occupiers” while “Sergei Lavrov” — Russia’s foreign minister — was translated into “sad little horse.”
The error appeared in the online tool when users converted Ukrainian into Russian.
Google told the Guardian that its translation software tool works “without the intervention of human translators.”Also On PoliticoPutin: Trump ‘a very bright and talented man’Nick Gass
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Source: European Voice
