Eisteddfod in Wales

[fitzw]

http://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/36940363

One of the pictures has the following in Welsh: "Trueni nad oes ymbarél sbâr", where the paired English sentence says, "The procession of the Gorsedd of Bards crosses the Eisteddfod field".

What the Welsh says is, "Pity there is no spare umbrella" (it's raining in the photo).

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[ellid.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

[oakmouse]

But of course.

(Those are some soggy druids!)

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

And then there's "Diolch am yr ymbarél! // A quiet word", where the Welsh actually means "Thank you for the umbrella." ;-)

[oakmouse]

Yep. JM says many of the English captions bear little to no relation to the Welsh captions. I suppose the Beeb thinks that accurate translations are for wimps! ;)