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”.

Mordor is the fictional realm in JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books, also known as the land of shadows.

The error, which Google said is down to an automatic bug, appeared in the online tool when users converted the Ukranian language into Russian. More.

See: The Guardian

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