WF-25NARC
Footballer's "X-Rated" Comment Created by Instagram's Mistranslation
Instagram's English translation of a footballer's comment on his wife's post in Spanish made the message seem "racy" and "X-rated," which some fans found amusing.
- Date it happened
- 2022-12-19
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- The Instagram translation function allows users to translate comments and captions in other languages. In this case, it translated a slang phrase in Spanish into English very literally, without the re
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