{"id":9369,"date":"2021-03-06T13:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T13:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=9369"},"modified":"2021-03-06T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T13:20:03","slug":"amazon-customer-couldnt-post-review-in-welsh-of-welsh-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=9369","title":{"rendered":"Amazon customer couldn&#8217;t post review in Welsh of Welsh book"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9379\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/03\/Llad_duw.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Llad Duw novel by Dewi Prysor\" width=\"257\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/03\/Llad_duw.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/03\/Llad_duw-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>Amazon was forced to apologise and blamed a &#8220;<em>technical error<\/em>&#8221; for a customer being unable to post a review in Welsh of a novel written in Welsh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/amazon-forced-apologize-after-rejecting-19975394\">Wales Online reports<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Cathryn Sherrington of Cardiff had submitted a Welsh Language review which she then translated to English of the book<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ylolfa.com\/products\/9781847712820\/lladd-duw\"> Lladd Duw, by Dewi Prysor<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The book is described by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ylolfa.com\/products\/9781847712820\/lladd-duw\">publisher<\/a> as a &#8220;<em>hefty, ambitious novel set in London and an imaginery [sic] seaside town. It deals with the destruction of civilisation from the standpoint of the working class. An intense, dark novel but with the usual humour from Dewi Prysor.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\r\n<p>Cathryn&#8217;s review reads as follows:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>Gwych Brilliant. I haven\u2019t read a Welsh book for years \u2013 sometimes the formality of written Welsh puts me off \u2013 this is brilliant though.<br \/>Hawdd i ddarllen, stori gyffroes, cymeriadau diddorol. Wedi joio fo gymaint dwi\u2019n mynd i ddarllen mwy o lyfrau Cymraeg.&#8221;<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>In English the review&#8217;s second sentence reads: &#8220;<em>Easy to read, exciting story, interesting characters. Have enjoyed it so much I\u2019m going to read more Welsh language books<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, Amazon which employs 1,000 people in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swansea\">Swansea<\/a>, emailed Cathryn implying her review might have broken its guidelines.<\/p>\r\n<p>There then followed a social media and email exchange between Cathryn and Amazon at the end of which the latter relented, stating: &#8220;<em>This was due to a technical error for which we apologise. It has now been resolved<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon was forced to apologise and blamed a &#8220;technical error&#8221; for a customer being unable to post a review in Welsh of a novel written in Welsh, Wales Online reports. Cathryn Sherrington of Cardiff had submitted a Welsh Language review which she then translated to English of the book Lladd Duw, by Dewi Prysor. 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