I’m not in the office…

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From the BBC

Have you ever sent an e-mail to someone about something important and you get a reply almost immediately from them and you think, “Good, I can get this issue taken care of right away?”

Here’s an example of the how that can go wrong. The sign above is in English and Welsh. The Swansea council asked, by e-mail, for the English to be translated into Welsh.

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”.

The BBC article goes on to talk about a few other (somewhat less) embarrassing mistranslations into Welsh.

2 thoughts on “I’m not in the office…”

  1. Oh, that is beautiful.

    “When they’re proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh,” said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.

    Well quite.

  2. Oh, that is beautiful.

    “When they’re proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh,” said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.

    Well quite.

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