Standard Welsh and English names on a place from the same origin
The petition does not go so far as to call for English names to be abolished where a Welsh name also exists (Caerdydd next to Cardiff etc). Page 2. P-05-952:
19.02.2020 names of settlements (namely villages towns and cities) in Wales. ... a translation service from English to Welsh as well as a translation ...
All Scottish place names should be translated where possible. Uncertain or obscure place names may be glossed or left in English. Translators should use the
which bear either the Welsh or English name for a locality or English versions of town names together. ... direct translation as any variations will.
15.12.2020 speech technology computer-assisted translation
NOTE: This booklet is one of a series of 4 booklets which cover the language origins of place names in Britain for Gaelic Scandinavian
English to Welsh translations for street names. The Council will also utilise the external academic expertise of the Bilingual Cardiff Welsh Place/Street
of place-names and check if there are different forms in Welsh and. English. Receive training on how to search for information in these reference.
translate Welsh into English or English into Welsh to contrive 100% All names within the National Geographic Database (NGD) fall into one of three main ...
consideration to the meaning history and etymology of the place-names as well as their usage These Guidelines are specific to Welsh place-names i e the names of settlements (villages towns and cities) in Wales They are not necessarily applicable to house names or other topographical features however they do cover many valuable
The responsibility for advising on the standard forms of Welsh place-names lies with the Welsh Language Commissioner. Whilst the Welsh Language Commissioner’s new website was being developed, the Welsh Government hosted the List of Standardised Welsh Place-names on this page on the BydTermCymru site.
The Welsh Language Commissioner's new website is now live, and the List is now being maintained on that website. The list will not be published on BydTermCymru anymore.
Welsh words are usually stressed on the penultimate syllable – the last but one: Llanfair, Llanfairfechan. Where the stress falls on the last syllable, a hyphen is usually inserted: Llan?fair, Llan?faes, Llanfair?is?gaer.
Long vowels are used when a word can be pronounced with either a short or long vowel. For example: ar (on)/âr (ploughed); pin (pin)/pîn (pine); cor (dwarf)/côr (stall/crib). Welsh words are usually stressed on the penultimate syllable – the last but one: Llanfair, Llanfairfechan.