Translation mistakes embarrass Tencent at high-profile meeting

Tencent used software to display real-time translation at Boao Forum attended by Xi Jinping

Screenshots of Tencent’s AI translator at work at the Boao Forum. (Pictures: Weibo)

Humans may not need to worry about losing their jobs to Tencent’s software translator any time soon, after it made a less than satisfactory debut at the high-profile Boao Forum.

Known as Asia’s Davos, the Boao Forum is a gathering of government officials and business leaders from around the world. This year the keynote speech was delivered by Chinese president Xi Jinping to an audience that included Christine Lagarde and Ban Ki-moon.
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