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Translation error completely changed meaning of street's name

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19.06.2025

A SIGN is to be corrected after a mistranslation entirely changed the meaning of a street’s name.

It’s thought the mistranslated street nameplate had been in place for more than a decade when the error was picked up and reported to the local council.

That saw the Welsh ‘gwanwyn’, meaning spring the season, placed on the nameplate alongside the English name Springfield Road.

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