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Dave T
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more money well spent Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
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Reminds me of this similar cock up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
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Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
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My spoken Welsh is much better than my written Welsh, so I occasionally use Google to help, but as I have a good understanding of Welsh I am able to spot and correct any errors.
To save costs, non Welsh speaking organisations are simply taking what Google says as the correct translation, leading to these results 
I remember when on my YTS at M&S Swansea, I was their official cheque translator as you can legally write a cheque in Welsh  Iggy/Ieuan
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2015 RR Sport Autobiography
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1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
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DG
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Hardware17 wrote:
along ???
They obviously fixed it since you posted 
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
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even the BBC are monitoring this forum.
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mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
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is it just me or do all those translated signs just seem a waste of money how many taffs cant read english ??
btw before it all kicks off i like the welsh and my daughter lives in Cardiff so visit often MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
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Aerialmark
Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
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One of the most popular that i remember is from the eighties when the cola wars was at its height (Coca Cola V Pepsi) and Pepsi started to advertise in China with their slogan "come alive with Pepsi" For weeks nobody bought it and it was a flop until it was pointed out that the slogan actually read in Chinese "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead"  The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
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Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
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mark the spark wrote:is it just me or do all those translated signs just seem a waste of money how many taffs cant read english ??
btw before it all kicks off i like the welsh and my daughter lives in Cardiff so visit often
I am a Welsh speaker, and of course want the language to live on and on, but I do think that the 'Nationalists' go to far with having everything translated, from job adverts through to signs - I read recently that a new M&S store in North Wales has refused to translate a 'Foodhall' sign into Welsh as 'FoodHall' is registered trademark of M&S, so they felt that it didn't need translating - so for now they neither have an English or even Welsh sign up 
Makes sense to have targeted translation, such as for a job where Welsh will be needed, but only a very few fall into this are, but not everything is needed!
Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
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1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
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Surely you meant marciau a Spencer and not m&s ? .
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2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer  ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
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mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
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spot on iggy the signage all just looks to " busy " MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
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Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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Iguana wrote:mark the spark wrote:is it just me or do all those translated signs just seem a waste of money how many taffs cant read english ??
btw before it all kicks off i like the welsh and my daughter lives in Cardiff so visit often
I am a Welsh speaker, and of course want the language to live on and on, but I do think that the 'Nationalists' go to far with having everything translated, from job adverts through to signs - I read recently that a new M&S store in North Wales has refused to translate a 'Foodhall' sign into Welsh as 'FoodHall' is registered trademark of M&S, so they felt that it didn't need translating - so for now they neither have an English or even Welsh sign up
Makes sense to have targeted translation, such as for a job where Welsh will be needed, but only a very few fall into this are, but not everything is needed!
In Scotland they have been logoing police cars with "Poileas" for Gaelic speakers as well as "Police". I have to wonder, if money is so tight, why do they keep on with all this, its looks an easy win to save a few bob for real Police work. Joined the BMWX5 45e group
1994 Defender 90
2015 RRS Corris Grey/Black roof
2016 D4 Graphite Santorini Black
2012 D4 XS Orkney Grey
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DG
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I'm all for confusing the  out of the English ...it's our language and if we want signs in our language ...then signs we shall have
I can't speak a word of it mind 
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Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
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I suspected so
Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
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1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
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DG
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