Monthly Archives: October 2008

Welsh translation is out of the office

By admin | Published: 31 October 2008
Another day, another story of the dangers of non-expert translation. Officials at a Welsh council needed a road sign translated from English to Welsh, and unsuspectingly used the Welsh response to their email request. Unfortunately for them, and to the hilarity of local Welsh speakers, the response was actually an automated “out of office” response. As [...]
Posted in Welsh, professional, translation | Leave a comment

How would you answer “Fit like ma loon?”

By admin | Published: 9 October 2008
Me I stood and let my jaw drop, wondering what language it was. In fact it turned out the question was in English. Or at least the variant of it spoken in the north east of Scotland. I was asked the question when introducing myself to a family I was to stay with in a [...]
Posted in English, dialects, language | 1 Comment

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