The Assembly Government is expanding its Welsh translation unit and upgrading posts while the rest of the public sector shrinks, drawing fire from taxpayer campaigners.
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Whitehall and the justice system spent 140 million pounds on translation last year, up 40 per cent in two years despite a cost-cutting drive, reigniting the language test row.
Executive departments spent almost £200,000 translating documents into Irish and Ulster Scots. The row that followed was never really about the money.
UK public sector cuts have wiped out state translation contracts, pushing language firms toward exporters chasing deals in China, India, Brazil and Russia.