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Welsh Language Translation Services
Welsh English translation and English Welsh translation
Public and private sector
With over 600,000 Welsh speakers in the UK there is a clear demand for English Welsh translation in both the public and private sector. Having worked alongside commercial and public sector industries for the past 20 years you can be assured of a professional Welsh Language Translation service from Prestige Network.
Document translation
Our Project Management and Publishing Teams will arrange for your Welsh Language Translation to be carried out and can also provide you with a formatting and design service, publishing large or small volumes of translated printed material ready for distribution. We will devote the same level of attention and resource to every project, whether it is a technical translation, legal document, letter, certificate or website.
Additional Welsh Language Translation Services
All of our Welsh translators are native speakers of Welsh/Cymraeg. This is not only important in gaining an understanding the complexities of the Welsh language, but also concerning the particular nuances of the culture where a particular translation is intended to benefit.
Welsh Language Information
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg), is spoken by over 600,000 people. Those who speak the national language are bilingual, with English being spoken too as the most common language of the country. It is practically unknown for anyone to speak Welsh exclusively.
If you visit Wales you will notice many points of public information, such as signage, presented in English as well as Cymraeg. Although spoken across the country, Cymraeg is most commonly spoken in the more rural areas of North Wales. Much more rarely known is that, besides Wales, Cymraeg can be heard being spoken in Argentina, where the first Cymraeg settlers arrived in the Chubut Valley in 1865.
The Welsh Language evolved out of four main language groups from the 'Insular Celtic' family; those being Breton, Brythonic, Cornish and Cumbric, the latter of which has no known living speakers and is considered an 'extinct language'. This convergence of languages is widely regarded to have come into common usage around the 6th century, although the exact details of how and when these languages combined to become what is now known as Cymraeg is vague.
Due to the increasing use of the English language the numbers of Welsh speakers had been declining for decades. However, following a number of measures, including the introduction of the Welsh Language Act 1993, Welsh has enjoyed a strong revival in recent years and has an equal status with English in the public sector in Wales. Of the 611,000 Welsh speakers in Wales, 62% claim to use Welsh daily, and 88% of those fluent in the language use it daily.
This governmental provision once again demonstrates the importance of effectively accommodating the needs of the population. The crucial issue at hand is to do with equality. Each citizen country cannot be marginalised by having their basic needs neglected by the state. More and more often we see translation exercises wherein the needs of new or existing communities become recognised and catered for by reforms initiated by the governing bodies of that particular community.
Source: Wikipeadia
Some Common Welsh Words & Phrases
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Good morning - Bore da
(BORreh da)
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Good afternoon - Prynhawn da
(pnaown da)
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Good evening - Noswaith dda
(NOSSwythe dha)
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Goodnight - Nos da
(nos da)
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Hello - Helo
(heLO)
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Hi!, How are you? -
Sut mae? (sit mye) - North Welsh
Shw mae? (shoo mye) - South Welsh
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Welcome - Croeso
(CROY-so)
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Goodbye - Hwyl
(hooil)
BBC - Welsh
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