The Welsh Assembly got itself into hot water this week after admitting it used Google Translate to translate assembly proceedings.

The move has sparked outrage from cross Welsh translators, branding it ‘ridiculous’.

A recent report stated a 5000-word passage (known as a ‘cofnod’) was copied into Google Translate and was ‘quality assured’ by a member of staff as part of a pilot project.

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