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After yet another in a long series of errors on official sign boards, the Sri Lankan government was forced to make an apology, reported the BBC on Friday.
A particular sign which was highlighted read "Reserved for pregnant mothers" in Sinhala and English.
The Tamil read "Reserved for pregnant dogs".
The series of mistakes forced Sri Lankan government Minister for National Languages and Social Integration, Vasudeva Nanayakara into making an apology to the BBC.
However, the minister went on to add,
"Sometimes, also translations into Sinhala in mainly Tamil areas are wrong, as there are not enough Tamil people in those areas fluent in Sinhala".
Also see our earlier posts:
Sri Lanka's trilingual policy (22 December 2013)
Welcome to Sri Lankan reconciliation.. (16 November 2013)
Sri Lanka looks to ‘address’ language issues (09 October 2012)
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