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« on: June 09, 2021, 17:13:49 »

I am not in a position to verify the translation, but has somebody goofed?
https://twitter.com/SnarkyCyclistAB/status/1402612685850570759/photo/1
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2021, 17:26:04 »

Google translates it as:

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I am sure some of our other members can provide a more authoritative translation
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2021, 22:35:46 »

There's a few sites that you can Google that specialize in miss-translated Welsh road signs such as the link below:

https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/welsh-road-sign-displays-out-of-office-message-in-translation-blunder/
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2021, 22:09:16 »

There's a few sites that you can Google that specialize in miss-translated Welsh road signs such as the link below:

https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/welsh-road-sign-displays-out-of-office-message-in-translation-blunder/

That one was someone misinterpreting someone's out-of-office, rather than Google. And Google is significantly better than earlier online translation programs – there was a notorious one called Intertran that had a habit of translating the word "entrance" in the sense of "to throw into a trance" amongst other oddities – oh yes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5341646.stm
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