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Not only AI. Spanish speakers have gotten into trouble for using the Spanish word for black in other contexts, like: British audience misunderstanding Spanish
by el-salvador 5y ago
Not only AI.
Spanish speakers have gotten into trouble for using the Spanish word for black in other contexts, like:
British audience misunderstanding Spanish phrase by an Uruguayan player.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9104039/Man-United-forward-Edinson-Cavani-says-heart-peace-Gracias-negrito-post.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9104039/M...
https://elpais.com/deportes/2020-12-23/gracias-negrito-la-academia-argentina-de-letras-sale-en-defensa-del-uruguayo-cavani-acusado-de-racismo-en-inglaterra.html https://elpais.com/deportes/2020-12-23/gracias-negrito-la-ac...
German players misunderstanding Spanish word:
https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-africa-germany-middle-east-03672d7998b1c1772968b8aa33e80fc0 https://apnews.com/article/sports-2020-tokyo-olympics-africa...?
https://twitter.com/Romein0omatic1/status/1416461228331913220 https://twitter.com/Romein0omatic1/status/141646122833191322...
- johnnywasagood 5y agoYes, it's just sad that some people start judging beforehand, implying malicious behavior rather than misunderstanding. And other people want to be offended, even when there is no insult, just different cultural norms.
- yakshaving_jgt 5y agoThat last link is the distilled essence of Twitter to me. A white woman from America telling a black person that he doesn't understand what a black person's perspective would be on the topic of racial slurs and how they [mis]translate across languages.