Google translates Russia to 'Mordor' and minister's name to 'sad little horse'
by Hannah Jane Parkinson from Technology | The Guardian on (#ZXTP)
Language translation tool error converting 'Russian Federation' in Ukrainian to fictional dark land from Lord of the Rings down to automatic bug, says company
Google has fixed an "automated" error which saw its online translating tool convert "Russian Federation" into "Mordor".
Other erroneous translations included "russians" becoming "occupiers" and the name of Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, rendered as "sad little horse".
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