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Title: Another technical problem? Post by: CyclingSid on June 09, 2021, 17:13:49 I am not in a position to verify the translation, but has somebody goofed?
https://twitter.com/SnarkyCyclistAB/status/1402612685850570759/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/SnarkyCyclistAB/status/1402612685850570759/photo/1) Title: Re: Another technical problem? Post by: ellendune on June 09, 2021, 17:26:04 Google translates it as:
Quote Inflammation of the collapsed bladder I am sure some of our other members can provide a more authoritative translation Title: Re: Another technical problem? Post by: johnneyw on June 09, 2021, 22:35:46 There's a few sites that you can Google that specialize in miss-translated Welsh road signs such as the link below:
https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/welsh-road-sign-displays-out-of-office-message-in-translation-blunder/ Title: Re: Another technical problem? Post by: jamestheredengine on June 10, 2021, 22:09:16 There's a few sites that you can Google that specialize in miss-translated Welsh road signs such as the link below: That one was someone misinterpreting someone's out-of-office, rather than Google. And Google is significantly better than earlier online translation programs – there was a notorious one called Intertran that had a habit of translating the word "entrance" in the sense of "to throw into a trance" amongst other oddities – oh yes:https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/welsh-road-sign-displays-out-of-office-message-in-translation-blunder/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5341646.stm This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |