“Google Translate is an automatic translator, using patterns from millions of existing translations as well as user queries to help decide on the best translation and autocomplete suggestions for our users,” the tech giant said in a statement. Google subsequently apologized and removed the suggested phrase. Newsweek contacted the company, as did the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. The change took place on Wednesday, after Newsweek pointed out to the company that when users entered the Arabic word for the verb “plan”, Google Translate would predict the rest of the phrase to be “Planning to blow up the car.” Google removed a stereotypical translation suggestion to a simple Arabic word from its widely used Google Translate app this week, after being contacted by media and an advocacy group.
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