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Translation bug on WeChat takes jabs at other country’s flags
- Wednesday | 18th December, 2019
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday that it will fix a “translation bug” on its chat app WeChat that sends out distinct non-sequitors when country flags are inputted via text message. Reuters could not confirm when the glitch first surfaced or its origin, though reports of it by users began circulating widely on Twitter on Tuesday. “We are taking immediate action to fix a translation bug on WeChat,” a Tencent spokeswoman told Reuters in a statement. Other examples of the glitch included inputting the flag for Myanmar, which yielded the phrase “jackass” in translation. Bosnia yielded the phrase “he’s in a coma,” and Argentina yielded the phrase “you’re in love”.
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