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The terms reflect derogatory terms that have emerged since the crisis between Russia and Ukraine erupted nearly two years ago.
Russia is "Mordor," Russians are "occupiers," and the country's top diplomat is a "sad little horse".
That's according to Google Translate's Ukrainian to Russian function, in a bug that has seen the Internet giant issue an embarrassed apology and sent its engineers scrambling to adjust the programme's algorithms.
Google says it's a "bug" but it looks as though it was done on purpose by a human. It's calling Russians names that are used by Ukrainians.
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[–] un_salamandre 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Paywall - could you summarize?
[–] toobaditworks ago
Google says it's a "bug" but it looks as though it was done on purpose by a human. It's calling Russians names that are used by Ukrainians.
[–] un_salamandre ago (edited ago)
Might have been done on purpose by humans, but not necessarily google. You know that "help make google translate better" button, right?