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    Image of Dirkfart Faeclefunk Dirkfart Faeclefunk
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    Yea i'm a welsh speaker and that is pretty lol, but not a massive suprise. See a few dodgy translations around the place but never quite that bad :D


    Speaking of ftw phism, ... oldest language in Europe still in regular usage... FTW!!!


    'Am yr enyll i bod yn gwyr'

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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/01/08

    @Dirkfart Faeclefunk: Mmm... I think Basque beats out Welsh in the age department, but you've still got pride of place in the UK :)
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    Image of alexmg2420 alexmg2420
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    That truly couldn't be any funnier unless he had his contact information in his signature.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/01/08

    @alexmg2420:
    No, it could have. He could have written them a short, irate note (with liberal use of colorful language) to let them know how annoying he thought it was that they'd contacted him in the first place. Or he could have mixed up his e-mails and sent an erotic message that was meant for that Welsh girl in marketing. Or he could have written some really odd message as a practical joke. Now, if he'd included his contact info, they either would have (correctly) assumed it was not intended to be part of the message they thought they were getting, or they would have been tipped off to the whole message. You would have to be a lobotomized turnip to think that, when translated into Welsh, any part of that message would suddenly turn into a phone number or e-mail address.
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    Image of Franknbeans Franknbeans
    11/01/08

    @Purple Dave:


    What makes you think that the burocrat was not a lobotomized turnip? Handicaped turnips are winning elections these days.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/02/08

    @Franknbeans:
    I'm guessing that, at some point, someone involved in the project would have picked up on the inclusion of a recognizable phone number, mailing address, or e-mail address, while the English version included none.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    Thats almost as good as the "Spicy Been Curd" kanji tattoo.
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    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
    Rule of thumb for two-language translators:

    Write your out of office messages in both languages.


    (That one's for free.)

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    11/01/08

    In reply to Road Sign Translation Snafu Proves Machines Are Less Lazy Than Humans
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