{"id":305,"date":"2008-11-04T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/11\/04\/lost-in-translation\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:05:00","slug":"lost-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/11\/04\/lost-in-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost in translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

On such a momentous and tense day I imagine we could all use a laugh, eh?<\/p>\n

Here’s a road sign from Wales.<\/p>\n

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The Welsh part of the sign is obviously supposed to say the same thing as the English part.<\/p>\n

What it actually says is “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated”.<\/p>\n

The moral of this story is that if you get an email back from your translation department in a language you do not understand, you should probably have someone check it for you before you make your expensive sign.<\/p>\n

(From the BBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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