Lost in Translation? Japan Minister Blames X for Diplomatic Near-Miss
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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ryosei Akazawa has expressed his dissatisfaction with X (formerly Twitter)'s automatic translation function. This stems from a mistranslation of the current Bangladeshi prime minister's name into the name of the former prime minister with whom he has a political rivalry. At a press conference on the 6th, Akazawa stated, "The matter..."
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Free Malaysia Today NewsLost in translation? Japan minister blames X for diplomatic near-miss
It was not the first time he had fallen foul of a translation snafu on the platform. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan Minister Akazawa blames X translation errors for near-miss - Archyworldys
Japanese Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa nearly landed in diplomatic hot water on Friday when Elon Musk’s social media platform X used an automatic translation feature that made it look as though he did not know the names of world leaders he was meeting. The translation error-prone tool swapped out names in English versions of his ...
Tokyo: A Japanese minister has criticized Elon Musk's X social media platform after a post on Friday could have been misinterpreted as him not knowing the name of a world leader he was scheduled to meet with, potentially causing a diplomatic blunder. Commerce Minister Ryosei Akazawa assured reporters he knew the name of Bangladesh's current prime minister. The post, which included a photo of him with the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister, had be…
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