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welsh translation funny

Perusing the internet I came across one of the infamous funny signs, I always enjoy these and so thought I would share the blog post here:

The council staff in Swansea, Wales, UK wanted a translation, so they emailed their translator. However, he was not available, so an automatic response was triggered which read in Welsh:

I am out of the office at the moment

Unfortunately the council staff were not Welsh speaking themselves, and believed that the automated response was the actual translation they were seeking. There would be no story if they had the message checked, but they didn't and another funny road sign resulted.

The error was detected by Golwg, a famous Welsh-language magazine. Dylan Iorwerth, the managing editor, said: 'We have been running pictures of this kind over the past few months. 'It's good that people want to have bilingual signs but, unfortunately, they don't make sure someone with a real knowledge of Welsh checks the work through all the different stages.'

Post origionally made at http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/pictures/picture_road_signs_phone.htm