Lost in translation - a street sign
Great story -- amazing that this would go all the way to production and erection with nobody proofreading it.
From the
BBC:
E-mail error ends up on road sign
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".
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
"When they're proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh," said journalist Dylan Iorwerth.
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at October 31, 2008 11:53 AM