Welsh road signs

You might know of popular site engrish.com, which displays translation mistakes on signs around the world. This phenomenon is happening a little closer to home as well!

In the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, officials put up this sign.

The Welsh text translates as “Station current closed in front follow entertainment,” leaving motorists thankful that the English alternative makes sense. Network Rail, who employ contractors to undertake highway maintenance, have pledged to investigate and rectify the mistakes.

Embarrassingly for the bilingual country, this isn’t the only recent translation blunder. Readers of Welsh language magazine Golwg have submitted so many examples of badly translated public information that the magazine has decided to publish a book entitled Sgymraeg (bad translations.)

Shoppers at Tesco in Swansea were confused by this sign last year, as allanfa is Welsh for exit.