Drivers of Worcester 'can rest easy knowing they will not require Welsh lessons to travel safely'.
Contractors left drivers in an English suburb scratching their heads when they put up Welsh language signs while fixing water works.Motorist and parish councillor John Renshaw stopped for snaps of them as he was approaching a roundabout.
"Initially I thought it was something to do with the county doing road improvements so I made inquiries. Severn Trent Water said: "We'd like to apologise on behalf of our contractor for any confusion that was caused by these road signs.That meant The Worcester News could tell its readers that "the motorists of Worcester can rest easy knowing they will not require Welsh lessons to travel safely".
At the time, the editor of the Welsh language magazine Golwg said it was "all too common that things are not just badly translated, but are put together by people who have no idea about the language."The Welsh on this sign reads" I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated"follow the entertainmentThe translation uses the word "adloniant" which only means diversion in terms of a pastime or hobby.
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