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OT and nothing to do with satellites but it amused me:-
Cyclists in Penarth, near Cardiff, were perturbed when roadwork signs in Welsh told them: “Your bladder disease has returned”. A computer translation, with confusion between the words cyclists and cystitis, was being blamed for the mistake. The signs should have told riders to get off their bikes.
Reminds me of the story where the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind" was translated ino Russian and then back again. It came out the other end as "Invisible idiot"!
Cyclists in Penarth, near Cardiff, were perturbed when roadwork signs in Welsh told them: “Your bladder disease has returned”. A computer translation, with confusion between the words cyclists and cystitis, was being blamed for the mistake. The signs should have told riders to get off their bikes.
Reminds me of the story where the phrase "Out of sight, out of mind" was translated ino Russian and then back again. It came out the other end as "Invisible idiot"!
