I do understand that they do not have the "best" of morality, but that is not an excuse to say they are "people".
They are people (human) regardless of your opinion of them or their morality. This is kind of the mentality of someone who'll excuse genocide because they consider said humans as lesser than them. A difference of their world view or morality doesn't excuse that.
This is not to defend the translator, I just find OP's way of thinking dangerous in the bigger world.

The previous translators were fucking disgusting and deserve nothing less than death. Absolutely disgusting "people"