Exercise due diligence before criticising


I REFER to the letter “Perils of not reviewing Google translations” (The Star, Jan 6; online at https://bit.ly/3t9Rt2y).

The letter makes a case for the need to review translations done by Google Translate, which is a fair point. The writer used three examples to explain his point, one of which was the word “Datuk” being translated into “grandfather” in a post purportedly on the Health Ministry’s website.

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