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Ukraine: In Chinese, Yanukovych is Yushchenko?

Categories: East Asia, Eastern & Central Europe, China, Russia, Ukraine, Elections, Humor, Language, Politics, Technology

Evgeny Morozov of Foreign Policy's Net.Effect writes [1]: “It turns out that when you use Google Translate to translate (from Chinese to Russian) the expression “Vote for Yanukovych” (Yanukovych was Kremlin's favorite candidate), Google gives you “Vote for Yushenko” in the translated version. Global conspiracy orchestrated by Google!”