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So a logical question would be: Did the Al Jazeera English account simply use a translation tool and publish without a native speaker listening/reading? If two

So a logical question would be: Did the Al Jazeera English account simply use a translation tool and publish without a native speaker listening/reading? If two professional translators said it couldn’t be interpreted that way, they either used a tool when most readers would believe they understand the language natively, or they intentionally misled. For a news outlet, you’d think owning up to the former would be preferable to readers believing the latter.

thaumasiotes 3y ago
> Did the Al Jazeera English account simply use a translation tool and publish without a native speaker listening/reading? If two professional translators said it couldn’t be interpreted that way, they either used a tool when most readers would believe they understand the language natively, or they intentionally misled. For a news outlet, you’d think owning up to the former would be preferable to readers believing the latter. But for Al Jazeera English, "we misquoted an Arabic-speaking spokesman because we can't do Arabic-to-English translation in house" is not a plausible statement.