Goog CEO gets called out on a false translation by Senator Hawley.
Nice try, Pichai.
On June 14, AFP reported that when the phrase “I am sad to see Hong Kong become part of China” in English was entered into Google Translate, the translation in both simplified and traditional Chinese became “I am happy to see Hong Kong become part of China.”
Hawley wrote in his June 18 letter (pdf): “Given Google’s close relationship with Beijing and financial incentive to remain close to that authoritarian government, I remain concerned that Google may have been negligent in performing the due diligence that could have averted this mistranslation at a juncture where precision of message is so critical.”
Then an "unnamed" spokesperson blames it on auto translate. Good luck with that!
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