{"id":7519,"date":"2017-02-11T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T16:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2017-02-11T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T16:47:44","slug":"after-fake-news-fake-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=7519","title":{"rendered":"After fake news, fake translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fake_news\">Fake news<\/a> (<em>also called misinformation or lies. Ed.<\/em>) is a term that has come to prominence recently, even though its dissemination is a far older phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>The goods and services which could be classed as fake have now been joined by another &#8211; &#8220;<em>fake translation<\/em>&#8220;. Kenya&#8217;s Nairobi News <a href=\"http:\/\/nairobinews.nation.co.ke\/news\/tanzanian-tour-guide-arrested-fake-translation-tourist-comments\/\">reports<\/a> that a tour guide at the Serengeti National Park in neighbouring Tanzania has been arrested after incorrectly translating a tourist&#8217;s comments about the country and its people from English into <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swahili_language\">Swahili<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The guide is said to have been arrested on unspecified charges on Thursday on the orders of Tanzanian Tourism Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jumanne_Maghembe\">Jumanne Mghembe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2017\/02\/fake_trans.png\" alt=\"Still from video\" width=\"355\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2017\/02\/fake_trans.png 355w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2017\/02\/fake_trans-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/>In an undated video clip, the tour guide translates what an English-speaking woman is saying and instead of conveying the original message&#8217;s meaning, decides to skew the visitor&#8217;s kind remarks about country completely.<\/p>\n<p>An example is given below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visitor:<\/strong> \u201cHi. My visit to Tanzania has been beautiful and gorgeous. The people are fabulously wonderful and friendly. Greetings are always jambo. I am happy to be here. The land is beautiful, the animals are wonderful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour guide:<\/strong> You Tanzanians complain\/cry a lot about hunger. Everyday you cry about hunger when you have flowers at home. Why don&#8217;t you boil the flowers and drink [them]. It is not good to cry\/complain about hunger.<\/p>\n<p>The minister may have ordered the unnamed guide&#8217;s arrest as he felt the guide was either mocking the tourist or mimicking President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Magufuli\">John Magufuli<\/a>, as some of the guide&#8217;s remarks echoed those used by the president at a rally last month when he called on people to stop complaining about hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania is popular with tourists due to its wildlife and stunning scenery and markets itself as &#8220;<em>The Soul of Africa<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake news (also called misinformation or lies. Ed.) is a term that has come to prominence recently, even though its dissemination is a far older phenomenon. The goods and services which could be classed as fake have now been joined by another &#8211; &#8220;fake translation&#8220;. 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