One person said on Twitter: 'What is 'yn Vogel' meant to mean UKGovWales?'
The loud alarm, which rang at 3pm on all devices that were using 4G and 5G networks in the UK, lasted 10 seconds and displayed a message notifying phone users that no action was needed in response to the test.
However in Wales, for the translation of the English phrase “others safe”, the message reportedly read “eraill yn Vogel” when it should have said “eraill yn ddiogel”.Welsh speakers and learners know, the word"Vogel" has no meaning in Welsh and more specifically the letter"v" is no longer included in the modern day Welsh alphabet - so the mistake was easy to spot.
A Government spokesperson said: “A technical error caused one word in the Welsh language version of the emergency test alert to be misspelt.One person said on Twitter: “What is “yn Vogel” meant to mean @UKGovWales? “This has been in the headlines for weeks and weeks and weeks and you couldn’t find a single person to proofread the Cymraeg translation?”This has been in the headlines for weeks and weeks and weeks and you couldn't find a single person to proofread the Cymraeg translation?
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