Out-of-office reply ends up on bilingual road sign in Wales

[redbenn]

BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | E-mail error ends up on road sign

E-mail error ends up on road sign

The English is clear enough to lorry drivers - but the Welsh reads "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated."


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".



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[MililaniBuckeye]

Holy ... fucking ... shit. How can you read that gibberish? I'm of Welsh ancestory, but after seeing that shit, I have zero interest in taking up Welsh...

 

[Gatorubet]

Holy ... fucking ... shit. How can you read that gibberish? I'm of Welsh ancestory, but after seeing that shit, I have zero interest in taking up Welsh...

Cay dy geg, a dos i ffwcio dy gath i fyny'r pen ol!

 

[scooter1369]

 

[NightmaresDad]

Cay dy geg, a dos i ffwcio dy gath i fyny'r pen ol!

Why would you reply with "Tim Tebow, get your d*** out of my a**!!"

Just wondering

Oh, maybe the Welsh person operating the computer was dictating?

 

[Gatorubet]

Why would you reply with "Tim Tebow, get your d*** out of my a**!!...signed, Matthew Stafford"

Just wondering

Oh, maybe the Welsh person operating the computer was dictating?

FIFY

It was a mistranslation :tongue2: