The Musings of Chris Samuel

Lost in (Welsh) Translation

Sometimes when you ask for something to be translated to a language you don’t know it’s a good idea to get the resulting translation translated back into your own language..

English: No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only

Welsh: I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated

(Via)

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11 Comments

• Shoaib says:

  November 1, 2008 at 3:05 pm

  brillinat!
• TimC says:

  November 1, 2008 at 9:11 pm

  And in rot13, it reads:

  “Penguins are awesome vehicles. Leave one at the desk”.
• Chris Samuel says:

  November 1, 2008 at 10:51 pm

  @Tim: you been at the telescope polish again mate ?

  @Shoaib: diolch yn fawr!
• Andrew says:

  November 1, 2008 at 11:14 pm

  

  What more can I say ?
• Jeremy says:

  November 1, 2008 at 11:20 pm

  This kind of thing seems to be a common occurrence these days.
• Andrew says:

  November 2, 2008 at 8:39 pm

  The BBC has picked this one up now..

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm
• Chris Samuel says:

  November 2, 2008 at 8:49 pm

  Umm, that’s the one I linked too originally.. You’re not keeping up Andrew!
• Andrew says:

  November 2, 2008 at 8:54 pm

  oops…your link style is too subtle for me Bring black blue underlining I say !
• Andrew says:

  November 2, 2008 at 8:55 pm

  *bring back blue underlining even
• Chris Samuel says:

  November 2, 2008 at 9:37 pm

  now that’s a Freudian slip..
• George Macpherson says:

  November 29, 2008 at 1:47 am

  I will be funny if there was a sign say in:
  English:Queue expected up ahead slow down
  and it would have been translated in to saying in:
  Welsh: No Queue up ahead go 70 Miles Per Hour.
  
  
  
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