Google Translate under fire for offering offensive and homophobic words

Google is under pressure to change its translation tool after it emerged it automatically replaces the word 'gay' with homophobic slurs like 'f****t', 'poof', 'queen' and 'fairy', reports the Daily Mail.

More than 50,000 people have have signed a petition demanding the US web giant re-programmes its translate system, which is used by 500million people every month.

When translating 'gay' from English into Spanish, French or Portuguese Google Translate comes back with 'f****t,' 'poof,' 'fairy' and 'dyke' as synonyms.

Google has apologized and said it is working to fix the problem, but MailOnline can reveal the translate ystem is still bringing up hateful words.