(CBC - image credit)The St. John's International Airport says it needs to do better, after Radio-Canada documented a series of poorly translated signs and messages months after the airport was fined thousands for violating official language requirements. Lisa Bragg, the airport's vice-president of business development and marketing, acknowledged the airport authority has work to do. Radio-Canada, the CBC's French-language broadcaster, presented the airport authority with a number of examples of crude translations at the airport, including posters and the airport's website and social media posts. TwitterAirport authority fined $11K in AprilRadio-Canada documented the bad translations months after the airport authority was ordered to pay $11,000 for violating official language requirements. The airport authority is appealing the decision, which it feels would expand requirements far beyond their intended purpose.

Source: CBC News October 25, 2022 16:24 UTC