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| Emergency alert test: Welsh gaffe due to autocorrect - Dowden | Emergency alert test: Welsh gaffe due to autocorrect - Dowden |
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| For the Welsh for "others safe", the message incorrectly read "eraill yn Vogel" | For the Welsh for "others safe", the message incorrectly read "eraill yn Vogel" |
| A translation blunder that saw a Slovenian ski resort mentioned in the Welsh version of the emergency alert test has been blamed on autocorrect. | A translation blunder that saw a Slovenian ski resort mentioned in the Welsh version of the emergency alert test has been blamed on autocorrect. |
| For the Welsh for "others safe", the test message read "eraill yn Vogel" instead of "eraill yn ddiogel". | For the Welsh for "others safe", the test message read "eraill yn Vogel" instead of "eraill yn ddiogel". |
| Vogel has no meaning in Welsh, as there is no letter V in the alphabet. But it is a ski resort and German for bird. | Vogel has no meaning in Welsh, as there is no letter V in the alphabet. But it is a ski resort and German for bird. |
| Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden insisted the "essence of the message remained unchanged". | Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden insisted the "essence of the message remained unchanged". |
| The message appeared on the home screens of mobile phones and tablets at 15:00 BST, accompanied by a loud siren-like sound lasting about 10 seconds. | The message appeared on the home screens of mobile phones and tablets at 15:00 BST, accompanied by a loud siren-like sound lasting about 10 seconds. |
| He told MPs: "An online system made a small autocorrect, rendering one word in the Welsh test message incorrect." | He told MPs: "An online system made a small autocorrect, rendering one word in the Welsh test message incorrect." |
| He also said anyone travelling between Wales and England on Sunday would have received two alerts. | He also said anyone travelling between Wales and England on Sunday would have received two alerts. |
| TikTok banned from Welsh government phones | TikTok banned from Welsh government phones |
| How a child's phones helped smash a trafficking gang | How a child's phones helped smash a trafficking gang |
| This, he added, would be addressed in a "lessons learned" exercise. | This, he added, would be addressed in a "lessons learned" exercise. |
| Mr Dowden has said one in five compatible mobiles did not get the alert, with the Three network having a problem supporting multiple messages, which meant some people did not get it. | Mr Dowden has said one in five compatible mobiles did not get the alert, with the Three network having a problem supporting multiple messages, which meant some people did not get it. |
| Mr Dowden called the test successful, saying it was, "the largest simultaneous public message in UK history". | Mr Dowden called the test successful, saying it was, "the largest simultaneous public message in UK history". |
| He said there were "no security or public safety issues" and no events were disrupted. | He said there were "no security or public safety issues" and no events were disrupted. |
| "The system is now fully operable," he said, adding that further tests were possible. | "The system is now fully operable," he said, adding that further tests were possible. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Wales | |
| UK government | UK government |
| Welsh language | Welsh language |
| Mobile phones | Mobile phones |
| Oliver Dowden | Oliver Dowden |
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