Swansea Council became lost in translation when it was looking to halt heavy goods vehicles using a road near a store in the Morriston area. Which is (we are waiting for confirmation) believed to be in Wales.
All official road signs in Wales are bilingual, so the local authority e-mailed its in-house translation service for the Welsh version of: "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only".
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council was an out of office response, in Welsh. Which the Council then authorized to be used for the signs.
The English is clear enough to truck drivers - but the Welsh reads "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated."
Monday, November 3, 2008
An Official Sign of the Overdue Apocalypse
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