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Facebook apologizes after wrong translation sees Palestinian man arrested for posting ‘good morning’

Posted on 2017 October 25 by polgarp · Tagged in Facebook and Translation
Original link: https://www.theverge.com/us-world/2017/10/24/16533496/facebook-apology-wrong-translation-palestinian-arrested-post-good-morning

Translations, especially translation mistakes can have grave impact on real life, like this case shows. Makes you wonder what error types should you allow in translations - and also if it might be a good idea to design in a way that signals confidence. Humans speaking an other language have a good grasp on how precise is the meaning they got from the context.

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