British artist writes "shibal" on his artwork due to Google Translate mistake

Artwork of hermit crab by British artist Gareth Davies. The artwork has 씨발 ("shibal" - fuck) written on it.

He explains that he used Google Translate

It turns out that not putting a space between Mr. Crab changes the translation of the word.

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Article: The reason why a British artist wrote 'shibal' on an artwork

Source: JoongAng Ilbo via Nate

1. [+990, -4] He should leave it, that's a great artwork ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+787, -5] I burst into laughter ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+637, -43] Google Translate is really bad. It can't even translate short and simple sentences.

4. [+34, -1] He doesn't know the meaning of the word, he drew the hangul.

5. [+32, -0] So funny how the word translates like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ That's cute. I want the artwork.

6. [+28, -0] It looks edgy, though? ㅋㅋ

7. [+23, -1] Funny mistake

8. [+21, -0] Unexpected masterpiece

9. [+18, -0] If the translator worked properly and he wrote 'hermit crab' in hangul, the artwork would've looked boring. Because of the translation mistake, the artwork looks amazing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. [+16, -0] Google shibal...