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Friday, October 31, 2008

E-Mail Error On Welsh Signpost

Beware that when you send a text to be translated by your translation department, the reply may not always be what you were expecting:
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.

Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated".

So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.

"When they're proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh," said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.
And here's the signpost:








Classic!

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