The Indian Railways obtained criticism on social media when an image of a board on the Hatia-Ernakulam Categorical confirmed the title “Hatia” translated as “Kolapathakam” (assassin) in Malayalam. The picture of the board circulated broadly on social platforms, sparking widespread backlash.
A Railways official defined that the error occurred as a result of confusion with the Hindi phrase “Hatya”, which suggests “homicide”.
Railway authorities promptly took motion by overlaying the Malayalam phrase with yellow paint.
The Hatia-Ernakulam Categorical connects the cities of Hatia in Ranchi and Ernakulam weekly. A person posted a photograph of the nameplate on the microblogging web site X with a caption: “Shhhh, no one inform them”.
“An excessive amount of dependence on Google Translate,” wrote one other person whereas commenting on the submit.
The Senior Divisional Business Supervisor (Sr DCM) of Ranchi Division acknowledged that an error occurred throughout the translation, attributing it to confusion between the phrases ‘Hatia’ and ‘Hatya’ (homicide) in Hindi. He confirmed that the wrong nameplate was rectified promptly after the error was highlighted.
