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Month: November 2008

Posted on November 3, 2008

Council languages – if it ain’t English, we can’t cope

I'm out of the office

First, Swansea council mess up the translation of one of their signs: the Welsh says “”I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated”.

Now, English councils are banning everyday Latin phrases, like ‘vice versa’ and ‘via’.

It’s worrying, isn’t it?

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Hi, I’m Rob Buckley, an award-winning journalist and editor with 25 years’ experience. I’m editor of GeoConnexion International, and a freelance production editor and sub-editor for web sites, magazines and journals including The Developer, Inside Housing, The Law Gazette, Financial News, Money Week, Retail Express, Travel Weekly and Nurse Researcher.

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