The automatic translation function on Facebook caused controversy online today after a post by Malaysia's national public broadcaster RTM congratulating the
The automatic translation function on Facebook caused controversy online today after a post by Malaysia’s national public broadcaster RTM congratulating the ruler of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim ibn Sultan Iskandar, on his installation as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong was wrongly translated to English on the platform.
In screenshots of the viral post, RTM’s Facebook post asserting in Bahasa Melayu, “Junjung kasih kepada Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja Melayu,” was wrongly translated as “Condolences to His Majesty the Malay Kings.
The Communications Minister added that an irresponsible individual has also spread slander on the matter, to the point of asking him to ‘hang himself’ over RTM’s mistranslated Facebook post. He shared a screenshot of the viral message on WhatsApp shared by the irresponsible individual in the post.RTM had lodged a police report on the mistranslationFurthermore, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission contacted Meta regarding the erroneous translation, and the company has already rectified the issue.
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