Facebook pinagsosori ng Mandaue PIO sa bastos na mistransalation

PINAGPAPALIWANAG ng Public Information Office (PIO) ng Mandaue City, Cebu ang Facebook at ipinatatama rin ang mistranslation sa kanilang tribute post para kay ex-President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III na pumanaw nitong Huwebes.

Base sa Mandaue City PIO, nakasulat ang kanilang post sa Visayan language na nagpapahayag ng half-mast. “Mandaue City nag half-mast, agi ug pagbangutan sa kamatayon ni kanhi presidente Noynoy Aquino” lahad sa caption.

Samantala, sa Facebook auto-translated lumabas ang “Mandaue City is half-masturbating for the death of former President Noynoy Aquino.”

Agad naman nag-viral ang naturang post.

“How this came to be is something entirely beyond us, we hope that it was just an unintended malfunction of one of its translation algorithms and not something intentional. It is sad and regrettable that an occasion done to mourn and honor the memory of a former president’s passing has become viral for a totally different and obviously debasing reason,” punto ng Mandaue City PIO.

“We hope Facebook will take responsibility for this mistake and apologize to the sensitivities of the public, who only wanted to commiserate with Mandaue City in this time of grief.”