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title: "MOH urges M’sians not to rely on FB’s auto-translate function after it translated ‘Air Kosong’ as ‘Empty Water’"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/kkm-auto-translate-air-kosong-as-empty-water/
date: 2022-01-04
modified: 2022-01-04
lang: en
author: "Yu Ang Tan"
description: "A Facebook post by the Ministry of Health (MOH) has left netizens in stitches after a netizen posted an awkwardly auto-translated version of the post. The post, which was uploaded..."
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  - "Society"
tags:
  - "#Trending"
  - "Air Kosong"
  - "Empty Water"
  - "KKM"
  - "Malaysia"
  - "Ministry Of Health"
image: https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/KKM-empty-water.png
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---

# MOH urges M’sians not to rely on FB’s auto-translate function after it translated ‘Air Kosong’ as ‘Empty Water’

A Facebook post by the Ministry of Health (MOH) has left netizens in stitches after a netizen posted an awkwardly auto-translated version of the post.

The post, which was uploaded yesterday (Jan 4), was actually meant to encourage the public to consume enough ***'air kosong'* (plain water)** as part of their New Year's resolution.

The worst part? It was instead translated as **'empty water'**. **facepalm**

> **How many glasses of empty water have you consumed today? Is it in line with the Malaysian Healthy Plate (MHP)?**

The post was originally written in Malay but started to make rounds on the Internet after netizens shared screenshots of the auto-translated version without doing their due diligence.

https://twitter.com/kkmputrajaya/status/1477929275227455490?s=21

**Although the post has since been deleted, it still remains available on its other official social media platforms such as Twitter.**

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## MOH: Please do not rely on the auto-translate feature

In response to public concerns, MOH later released a press statement to address the issue.

> **The distribution of the screenshots does not reflect the original poster as it was written in Bahasa Malaysia instead of English.**

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/MOH-clarify-empty-water-issue.jpg)Photo: [**KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA**](https://www.facebook.com/kementeriankesihatanmalaysia?__cft__[0]=AZXye4BaYqg74xKpqw-SZ9vwqJiSA7ui8vZFiiV6DWnaJ3P-fygqCgq0m1B0DfRuofeV0h8h25cMMduf9kQL6LtD-KJ3uDaEbqKf8er-FGTqPpvE_I2Tj6IeLXIf_fkTw9rmxm-Cl3bmFYwTAHF1Torn&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R) 

It also added that they were alerted of the post after it went viral thanks to WhatsApp users who had activated Facebook's auto-translate function.

**"This is why the word 'air kosong' has been auto-translated as 'empty water' on their phones."**

Besides, the ministry also advised the public to not rely entirely on the auto translate function as it 'does not give an accurate explanation'.

> **The Ministry of Health hopes that this explanation can correct the misconceptions and confusion that have arisen regarding the issue of *'air kosong'* being translated as 'empty water'. **

You can read the full statement [here](https://www.facebook.com/kementeriankesihatanmalaysia/posts/288348619993815).

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Cover Images via [**KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA**](https://www.facebook.com/kementeriankesihatanmalaysia?__cft__[0]=AZXye4BaYqg74xKpqw-SZ9vwqJiSA7ui8vZFiiV6DWnaJ3P-fygqCgq0m1B0DfRuofeV0h8h25cMMduf9kQL6LtD-KJ3uDaEbqKf8er-FGTqPpvE_I2Tj6IeLXIf_fkTw9rmxm-Cl3bmFYwTAHF1Torn&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R) 

**Editor:** Sarah Yeoh