China’s Most Popular App Apologizes After Translating ‘Black Foreigner’ as the N-Word
The translation service in China’s biggest messaging app, WeChat, is being retooled after offering a racist slur as a translation for the phrase “black foreigner.” Ann James, a black theater director based in Shanghai, messaged her colleagues in English on Wednesday to say she was running late. When a coworker replied in Chinese, WeChat translated their…
