{"id":270752,"date":"2025-11-08T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270752\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:43:12","slug":"rugby-hooker-called-prostitute-in-virgin-media-welsh-translation-gaffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270752\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby hooker called prostitute in Virgin Media Welsh translation gaffe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Virgin Media has apologised after mistakenly using the Welsh word for prostitute to describe Wales hooker Ryan Elias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It happened in translated information about his planned appearance on a programme on Welsh language channel S4C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Virgin Media listed English information for next Thursday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0mcnbbv?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jonathan rugby chat show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jonathan rugby chat show<\/a> as saying guests would include hooker Ryan Elias, but it used butain &#8211; a mutation of the word for prostitute putain &#8211; when describing the player&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">S4C said the details it provided were correct and had &#8220;appeared on every broadcasting platform but one&#8221; while Virgin Media said it was sorry &#8220;for any offence caused&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">S4C said: &#8220;The details of the programme were correct in leaving us here at S4C in Welsh and in English and have, therefore, appeared on every broadcasting platform but one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The technical provider for that platform has apologised carried out an investigation and has now corrected the error.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elias, who plays for the Llanelli-based Scarlets, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c3e7zpyyq8wo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recovering from an operation on an elbow injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recovering from an operation on an elbow injury<\/a> this summer and missed the 2025 Six Nations because of a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Virgin Media said: &#8220;We are aware of a translation error that appeared on our TV guide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This was promptly rectified by our external provider and we apologise for any upset caused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A screengrab of the Welsh language version of the digital TV listing information\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/382195dcfb35d205df0b8a30d9d75d65.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lost in translation: Bilingual information detailing the programme&#8217;s information [BBC]<\/p>\n<p>Related stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virgin Media has apologised after mistakenly using the Welsh word for prostitute to describe Wales hooker Ryan Elias.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,157492,157495,85,157494,12775,157493],"class_list":{"0":"post-270752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-ryan-elias","12":"tag-s4c","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-translation-error","15":"tag-virgin-media","16":"tag-welsh-word"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}