• @[email protected]
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    In Wales road signs are printed in both English and Welsh. When a new sign was being made someone sent the English part to a translator, who’s out of office message was in Welsh. They assumed that message was the translation and printed it on the sign.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mistranslated-welsh-traffic-sign/

    Not a translation error but the worst tattoo I ever saw on someone was a guy with a bloody tampon tramp stamp.

    • @bitwaba
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      152 months ago

      bloody tampon tramp stamp

      “bloody” as in bloody idiot, or “bloody” as in black pudding?

      • SharkEatingBreakfast
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        162 months ago

        My guy. My dude. My man.

        Do you know what a tampon is / does? You might be able to infer from that alone.

        • @glitchdx
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          122 months ago

          My man, my dude, my guy,

          That is fuckin’ why it’s ambiguous.

          • SharkEatingBreakfast
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            -52 months ago

            Considering the specific context, that’s what makes it very not-so-ambiguous.

            And I’m sure folks that identify a specific way would also agree.

            Plus, the OP confirmed it. 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️

            • @glitchdx
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              62 months ago

              So I went looking to find out what you’re talking about, and I came up with nothing. So linky with the op comment confirming what they meant.

              There are plenty of snarky things I could say. I refrain from being the ass I’d like, you haven’t proven to deserve it.

              • SharkEatingBreakfast
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                12 months ago

                I was not at all trying to be snarky in any possible way. I guess I should have been more clear in saying what I really meant: women would probably understand this more clearly than others. My apologies if I seemed like I was trying to upset you in anyway. Tone is weird through text.

                But here’s the confirmation: https://feddit.uk/comment/12718867

                • @glitchdx
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                  12 months ago

                  i think I was getting two different conversations mixed together, my snark was intended for someone else. i apologize for that.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      Given your job is a translator, why would you assume the person emailing you can understand Welsh? That one is entirely on the translator.