{"id":7556,"date":"2011-12-06T11:41:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T11:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2011-12-06T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T11:41:46","slug":"assembly-reinstates-welsh-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/12\/06\/assembly-reinstates-welsh-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembly reinstates Welsh records"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"size-full wp-image-7559 \" title=\"No Logo_9_Welsh_Big_MB\">The National Assembly for Wales restores bilingual records of meetings<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7920\" title=\"No Logo_9_WR_Big_MB\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7920\" title=\"No Logo_9_WR_Big_MB\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/12\/No-Logo_9_WR_Big_MB-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welsh records, Y Cofnod, will be produced alongside English records (photo: MB)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The National Assembly for Wales is set to restore full bilingual records of plenary meetings from January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes as a result of mounting pressure from Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, The Welsh Language Society in English, after Welsh translations of meetings were abandoned in September last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Record of Proceedings, Y Cofnod in Welsh, will be translated using a computer programme, then proofread and edited by professional translators.<\/p>\n<p>This process will result in a five-day wait between English and Welsh transcripts, which Cymdeithas considers a sign of inequality.<\/p>\n<p>Bethan Williams, chair of Cymdeithas, says, \u201cWhile this move is a step in the right direction, we will be continuing our campaign until the Welsh language is treated no less favourably than English.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Assembly for Wales restores bilingual records of meetings The National Assembly for Wales is set to restore full bilingual records of plenary meetings from January 2012. 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