5201314 6,469 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 By Ryan Gandolfo http://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/27076/wechat-translation-glitch-causes-internet-to-blow-up ‘You are so Kris Wu.’ According to WeChat’s ‘unofficial’ translation, the aforementioned statement means ‘You’re real adorable.’ Some of China’s most popular celebrities went viral on WeChat’s messaging platform yesterday, March 3, after a glitch in their translation software misinterpreted certain English words when translating them into Chinese. Netizens on Weibo began posting screenshots of their WeChat messages, displaying poorly phrased sentences like ‘You are so tfboys,’ along with a Chinese translation meaning ‘You are really great’ (ä½ ä»¬çœŸæ˜¯å¤ªå¥½äº†). Other celebrities like Cai Xukun, Lai Meiyun and Cai Weize, among others, received quirky new Chinese translations. Some users even referred to these celebrities using just their initials and yielded the same results. Pop singer Lai Meiyun’s initials translated into ‘cute’ on WeChat. Photo via @ç«ç®101少女_赖美云 /Weibo The glitch was a trending topic on Weibo, with around 270 million people tuning in and 20 thousand users posting and commenting under a hashtag roughly translated as #IsWeChatTranslateforReal?# (#微信翻译是认真的å—?#). Around 270 million people have tuned into the trending topic as of press time. Screengrab via Weibo On March 3, WeChat apologized for the bug and said they are urgently working to fix the glitch. As for the reason behind this comical mishap, WeChat has claimed their translation software was not trained to recognize some unofficial English words. As of press time, it appears WeChat has removed the translating functionality for any sentence containing the aforementioned ‘unofficial words.’ While we reckon the TFBoys-glitch is a relatively harmless translation misstep, the same can’t be said for WeChat’s highly-publicized N-word translation blunder a couple of years ago. Back in 2017, the Chinese social media platform translated the words ‘black foreigner’ (‘黑è€å¤–’) as the deeply offensive and always-not-okay N-word. WeChat issued an apology and fixed the problem shortly after it was brought to their attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovenatu 5,347 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Lol I remember when Wechat translated one of messages sent from my mum saying that something was cheap into "Your dick is cheap." I still have the screenshot hnnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waycrispy1 3,434 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Good God, this idol loving AI has gone rogue and is spreading her faves to the masses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperoni 18 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 the AI should just admit the he is a Clover we can understand that hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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