Morriston: The Swansea council has been left red-faced after putting up a Welsh-language road sign reading: “I am out of the office at the moment”.
The council contacted its in-house translation service when designing a bilingual sign barring heavy goods vehicles from a road in the Morriston area of the Welsh city.
But as the translator was not available, they received an automated e-mail response in Welsh saying: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”
Unaware of the real meaning of the message, officials had it printed on the sign under the English, which correctly reads: “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only.”
The council took down the sign, after Welsh speakers spotted the mistake.
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