Nov 4 2008Sign Fail: Double Check Your Translation
Sign failure, always good for a laugh. At least a chortle. This one comes to us from the distant land of Wales, which may or may not be real and ruled by a powerful sorcerer. According to his black magical highness, all road signs must be bilingual, with both English and Welsh.
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".
You've reached The Geekologie Writer. I'm currently unavailable, probably locked in the office supply closet again after The Superficial and Iwatchstuff writers lured me in with the promise of a floozy/pizza party. Help. HELP! Oooh, free pens.
E-mail error ends up on road sign [bbcnews]
Thanks to Tom, whose name actually means Lord Asskicker in Elvish. And Jonathan, whose name means God's Gracious Gift to Women.
Reader Comments
1. Oregoneagle - November 4, 2008 9:22 PM
First!!!!!!!
2. Oregoneagle - November 4, 2008 9:23 PM
Or in as they say in Welsh : kjhriuwhefkbwogerf
3. Jordan - November 4, 2008 9:34 PM
Besides GW's blurb, this isn't all that funny.
Give us some Japanese/English signs!
4. Jordan - November 4, 2008 9:36 PM
Ahhh.. I'm an idiot, nevermind.
5. Hunter - November 4, 2008 10:02 PM
I don't get it :(
6. Daisy - November 4, 2008 10:32 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell it fake because the shadows are all wrong.
This looks like the sign outside the football field in the movie Never Back Down.
7. Asher - November 4, 2008 10:33 PM
8th, awe shit, saying that makes me so cool.
8. Derek - November 4, 2008 10:39 PM
How's this for a failed translation:
First in Welsh translates to
"'n flaen, 'n flaenaf, 'n gyntaf, blaen, blaenaf, cyntaf, yn flaen, yn flaenaf, yn gyntaf"
9. Oregoneagle - November 4, 2008 10:48 PM
@8 Your sure? I must have been typing on a spinglish keyboard
10. Joker Boy - November 4, 2008 10:48 PM
Hey, maybe if we said those words out loud we could free those kids from Narnia or go help Harry Potter or , uh, get a Disability Check... Sweeeet!
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11. dan - November 4, 2008 11:26 PM
ah.. kinda old. doesn't the superficial writer have time to check the bbc diversions section during the day? does he have a real job?
12. Sammmas - November 4, 2008 11:40 PM
Daisy might actually be right about this one...
13. Beth - November 5, 2008 12:26 AM
Welsh is such a beautiful language.
lka fwhsh chak shdktu alshdasdlk stfu
I want to be trapped in the closet with the Geekologie Writer.
14. Zoid Elpertclam - November 5, 2008 12:48 AM
Sorry guys for not seeing a proponent poster tonight. I had to beat my sister awhile ago. I found out she is "Daisy."
She deserves it.
You can now rejoice.
15. Zoid Elpertclam - November 5, 2008 12:50 AM
#6 is a scapegoat and an impostor..
16. RIMTUCK - November 5, 2008 1:10 AM
i can type Welch's too...
WTFWJD stfu rotflol rotflmao idk fu Firsties frist FIRST!!!!!!!
17. obammommamn - November 5, 2008 7:20 AM
haha your president is a nigger enjoy your devoloution
18. Neissera - November 5, 2008 7:32 AM
I dont get it? Why is it funny?
19. Mort - November 5, 2008 7:33 AM
@17 realy no need for your racial slurr go find another blog to post it on
20. obammommamn - November 5, 2008 7:50 AM
My personal hobbies are eating penis, playing with little boys, and immolating wood crosses. I have the mind set of a plantation owner circa 1861. I have nothing better to do with my time than to make an ass out of myself on a tech blog by making racist comments. Somebody please find me, drag me out into the middle of the street and shoot me.
21. Thumperchica - November 5, 2008 9:11 AM
@17 - you, are a jackass. But since it got brought up.... can we completely eliminate affirmative action now? GLASS CEILING MY ASS. More like, russian boob ceiling... wtf am I talking about?
22. Atrides - November 5, 2008 10:09 AM
This sign FAILS at being geeky
23. jaime - November 5, 2008 12:11 PM
from the bbc article:
"at the junction of Clase Road and Pant-y-Blawd Road. "
the second road sounds like some kind of play on words for menstruation or cherry popping! ew! haha i'm stupid
24. Dani - November 5, 2008 1:03 PM
@23
It actually means 'hollow meal'
siarad cymraeg?
25. Dani - November 5, 2008 1:05 PM
or perhaps valley of flour
rwy ddim siarad cymraeg
rwy ffail
26. LSDiesel - November 5, 2008 2:47 PM
All your bases are belong to us
27. .Ben - November 5, 2008 5:59 PM
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
28. Adra - November 6, 2008 5:33 AM
Im just so happy to see my home town on Geekologie. Yay Swansea!!!!
Gx
29. Sammmas - November 7, 2008 4:37 AM
Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu... Classic