Der ehemalige japanische Fernsehmoderator und YouTuber Kanon Aoki warnt davor, dass die automatische Übersetzung von X Japans internationalem Ruf als höfliche und harmonische Gesellschaft schadet. Die Funktion deckt negative Kommentare von Japanern auf, die bisher durch Sprachbarrieren verborgen blieben
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202604230000203.html
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„You weren’t supposed to see that“ vibes
Yeah I’ve been saying for a while that Japan Twitter is full of crazy and unemployed people.
„How can we perpetuate the fantasy that Japan is full of polite people if everyone can understand all the negative things we’re posting about foreigners?“
It’s kind of ironic how the intolerant and ignorant say things like „immigrants are ruining the country“, „deport them all“ etc., when it’s actually they who are ruining it.
I often see comments like this from people in my home country too and I always think „the country would be better off if we deported YOU instead“.
“We’re not sorry we’re hateful. We’re sorry we got caught”
Everyone on twitter regardless of nationality is insane tbf
Now translate Yahoo News comments
“You promised there would be no fact checking”
If someone reading what you put into writing could cause issues for you, you shouldn’t put it into writing.
Its ok japan we’re all adults.
this is what they believe lol
they are just sorry they are being exposed en masse
I mean it’s almost as of people judge you unfairly on a minority of people doing something stupid. Now where does that sound familiar?
It reminds me of the early Internet days when some English-speaking guy in Japan created a website in which he translated all the salacious articles from all the Japanese tabloids into English and posted them online. If I recall, people eventually figured out what was going on (maybe even at government level? ) claiming that he was ruining the reputations of Japan and the site got shut down.
I mean, that’s Twitter.
Even the Dalai Lama would become a goblin if he was actually on there as an individual (instead of his official account he most probably doesn’t actually interact with)
But Japan do have their own loonies, looking at 2ch/4ch for the goofy weirdo shit and Yahoo comments section to see how insanely uncivil (racist) some of them are, surprisingly even more so than on Twitter.
People will say Japan is uniquely polite and harmonious while in the same sentence handwave racism as something that „happens everywhere“
maybe try to be less garbage? wtf is this logic!?
I’ve been saying a similar thing for years. Japan obviously cares a lot about its image, and the language barrier has always been key to controlling what the outside world is exposed to. Before now, the amount of people who could both understand Japanese commentary, and had a platform to critique it or respond to it, was incredibly low. It pretty much gave the media free reign when commenting on global events. No regional experts, no interviews from the ground, no competing opinions, etc. Just one, untested narrative.
Locals will continue to complain about the various foreign influences and immigrants that are supposedly making Japan less Japanese, but I think it’s clear to see that, like in many countries, Japanese people are being emboldened by social media to share their shitty opinions and this is also spilling over into real life. That is where Japan will really become less Japanese – the breakdown of the „protect the harmony“ mantra that has governed Japanese society and behaviour for so many years.
Japan has always tried to hide what it actually is and project a different image. Nothing new. Live here for a month and any idiot can see it.
Japan has been trying to block gaijin out of the Japanese corner of the internet forever, blocking IP addresses out of Japan and such. If you don’t want foreigners to see your tweets then make your own social media site.
Well, I hate to be that guy, but if people understanding what you say damages your reputation, then it’s not the translation doing it, it’s you!
X just brought everyday 5ch conversations to the western feeds. it’s still rather tame in comparison. Most Westerners are completely ignorant to the real Japan.
The mask has been ripped off.
I love Japan, but I don’t think anyone needed X translation to know they tolerate foreigners grudgingly. Anyone who was lived there and discussed the housing situation spread the word far and wide.
Everyone commenting on the title of the post because they can’t understand the Japanese tweet that has a very reasonable take is some delicious irony.
The age of Japan’s saving face and squeaky clean pr is soon coming to an end Japan is a wonderful country with great people but has a huge xenophobia/racism issue that’s been buried for too long.
“Oh no they found out how racist we are!”
She’s complaining about a bunch of idiots ruining Japan’s reputation, not the translation. Did any of you actually read the tweet?
Not glazing Japan. But I feel like people didn’t read the article. She’s, I would say rightfully, worried that a vocal minority of racist troll types is going to make Japan seem more racist/hateful than it is. It’s not a „oh no now our true feelings have been revealed by translation“ like some people seem to be interpreting.