'I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated'
E-mail error ends up on road sign
BBC news on 31 October had a story about a bilingual road sign in Swansea, South Wales. In English it reads "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only."
Underneath, the text in Welsh is "Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu", which may be translated as "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated."
This was the text of an e-mail that came back from the translation service used by staff of Swansea council when a Welsh equivalent of the English sign was requested.
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