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Google Fixes Bug In Online Tool After It Started Translating “Russian Federation” To “Mordor”

Google Fixes Bug In Online Tool After It Started Translating “Russian Federation” To “Mordor”

Google says it’s addressed a bug in its online translation tool after it started translating the words “Russian Federation” to “Mordor.” This matters, of course, because Mordor is the name of a fictional region in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, as described in the Lord of the Rings books by other names like The Land of Shadow. Unlike Russia, you can’t just walk into Mordor.* [More]