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Welsh Conservative MP apologises for Welsh website translation errors

  • Writer: Real Terryo
    Real Terryo
  • Jul 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

The Welsh Conservative MP for Ynys Mon has apologised for errors on her Welsh language website.


Virginia Crosbie said the automatic translation used had not been "100% perfect".


A reference to the 2 Sisters plant on Anglesey was translated to "2 chwaer blanhighyn" - referring to a plant that grows in nature, rather than a factory.


Another press release translated sewer - someone who sews - to "carthffosydd" - sewers underground.

A button that invited constituents to book a phone surgery said: "Rwyf am archebu llawdriniaeth ffôn".

Llawdriniaeth refers to surgery in an operation.



In a tweet, Ms Crosbie said: "Thank you for your patience."

"While I have started learning the Welsh language, I am sorry that the automatic website translation is not 100% perfect."

She added: "We're currently working on a fully bilingual website."

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