1 June 2010

Troubles of bilingualism

This sign appeared in Wales:


The problem is that the Welsh sentence means:
I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated.
This is my second entry on "signposts with a certain personality". The first one appeared earlier this year here.
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  1. Michael1 Jun 2010, 15:41:00

    Ah yes, this reminds of the giant billboard in China with the words "Translation Server Error".

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