Lost in translation

01Nov08

Signs in Wales need to be in both English and Welsh. Attention to detail is clearly not one of this council’s strongpoints, as the translation reads “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated”.

Bring back the proofreaders. All is forgiven. Thanks to the BBC for the original story.

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