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    Default Well at least Swansea Council tried.

    This is off the BBC News web site, but is so good I have to share it!

    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".

    All well and good. Sadly no-one checked the translation - which actually reads
    "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated."




    Apparently the sign was removed pdq!

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    BBC NEWS | Wales | E-mail error ends up on road sign
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    LOL, brilliant.
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    In the same vein theres an absolute howler here:

    BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | Bladder alert lost in translation


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    LOL, another cracker.
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    The first one had me in stitches
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    Default Lol

    Very good both of them, that's how I feel using google to translate the Portuguese bits and back on sats forum. You just never know what google is converting your answer into..

    I should imagine somebody had to suffer the indignity of no sugar in their tea, I understand that is the normal council reprimand to staff for minor discretions

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