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Council officials in Wales were left red-faced after discovering cyclists were being confused by a road sign between Penarth and Cardiff. Officials had translated the command "cyclists dismount" from English into Welsh, however, the result had been the baffling phrase: "Llid y bledren dymchwelyd" which roughly translates as "bladder inflammation overturn."