We’ve all done it. Had to send an email to someone and trusted the first response we got back.
This roadsign, in the Morristown area of Swansea, Wales, gives the correct message in English – “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only”. Apparently it was to make sure the juggernauts which serve the Asda megastore nearby stopped disturbing the locals.
The road-sign manufacturers emailed the translation department at Swansea council, and the response came back:
“Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i’w gyfieith.”
“I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated.”
Priceless.
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